YEAR IN REVIEW
2021 ACCOMPLISHMENTS Despite hurricanes, a pandemic, new variants and many other setbacks, CRCL has had a successful 2021. We are growing, continuing to push sound science and to connect with our communities to restore coastal Louisiana. We'd like to take a moment to celebrate some of our proudest moments, knowing that there is still much to do. Wow! What a year. But wait till you see what we’ve got planned for 2022!
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Through our Native Plants Program, we planted 1,200 trees and more than 10,000 native grass plugs. We engaged a total of 400 volunteers.
ENGAGING THE NEXT GENERATION OF COASTAL LEADERS
We engaged dozens of student leaders through our Student Ambassadors (college) and Future Coastal Leaders (high school) programs. (We are currently accepting applications for both programs for the spring 2022 semester!)
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NATIVE PLANTS
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Thanks to all of our partners and funders, including: Grand Bayou Village; the Meraux Foundation; EMR; Shell; Bully Industrial; Stolthaven Terminals; Chef’s Brigade; Water Collaborative of Greater New Orleans; Urban Conservancy; Apache Tree Grant Program; Cheniere Energy; Restore America’s Estuaries; Coypu Foundation; Entergy; Eugenie and Joseph Jones Family Foundation; Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries; Mississippi River Network; National Fish and Wildlife Federation; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association— Sectoral Applications Research Program; Phillips 66; Walton Family Foundation; and the Wildlife Conservation Society
OYSTER SHELL RECYCLING
The OSRP resumed after a pandemic pause, recycling 345,625 lbs of oyster shell and providing material for our fourth oyster reef. The program was featured in the documentary short “What Remains.”
PUBLIC SHELL RECYCLING
We partnered with the Green Project and Glass Half Full for a public shell recycling drop-off NOTE: Find our public oyster shell drop off hours and see our partner restaurants here: crcl.org/osrprestaurants
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5-YEAR MONITORING AT BILOXI REEF
We conducted 5-year monitoring at our Biloxi oyster reef, which has shown a 50% reduction in shoreline erosion and is providing habitat for oyster generations, crabs, muscles and other wildlife.
COMMUNICATION AND POLICY
We published a periodic newsletter, the Gulf Coast Post, that connected us with thousands of supporters. Our State of the Coast conference went virtual, with much of the content now available online for free. Our Restoration on the Half Shell program also went virtual. We co-hosted a water-focused forum of New Orleans City Council candidates. AND SO MUCH MORE.. you can read about in our Year In Review Issuu https://issuu.com/crcl1988/docs/2021_yearinreview