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Final Report from the NRC Committee on the Review of the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration (LACPR) Program (2009) / Chapter Skim
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2 The Future Course of Action
Pages 11-12

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... These points were alluded to in this committee's 2008 report, which stated, "Unless some advice regarding promising initial projects for ecosystem restoration, hurricane protection, and buyouts and relocations is provided, the LACPR planning effort will fall short of 11
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... The lack of a comprehensive long-term hurricane protection and coastal restoration plan, and the lack of advice on initial highpriority steps and projects, represent substantial shortcomings of the LACPR draft final technical report. Before the end of 2009, the Corps of Engineers and the State of Louisiana should agree on the elements of a single comprehensive plan for long-term hurricane protection and coastal restoration.
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