Nominate a Coastal Steward for a CRCL award We have decided to push back our Stewardship Awards event. These awards recognize individuals and groups that have made significant contributions to the conservation and restoration of Louisiana’s coastal wetlands. Restoring and protecting the natural treasure of Louisiana’s coast is a duty embraced by many people with diverse backgrounds. They are volunteers, students, researchers, sportsmen, governmental and business leaders, and sometimes simply coastal residents who care enough about the future of our state to take action. The deadline for nominations has been shifted to January, and we will celebrate award winners at an in-person event in May. This move made sense for several reasons. Many south Louisiana residents are too preoccupied with immediate needs after Hurricane Ida to commit capacity to award nominations. At the same time, we have seen heroes step up in the aftermath of this storm, and we believe that any coastal awards ceremony that does not recognize them would be incomplete if not irrelevant.
2019 Stewardship Award Winner Jean Landry with Mel Landry
Two special awards will be given in 2022 -- one for stewardship during and after Hurricane Ida and one for stewardship during and after Hurricane Laura. To learn more about the awards or to make a nomination, go here.
Miss SOC? Did you miss our State of the Coast conference this summer? We have good news: Much of the content from the virtual event has been moved to our YouTube channel. The theme of our conference was Time for Action. Together. Check out the program here. Also, please note that our conference, which is held once every two years, will be sticking with odd-numbered years. The in-person State of the Coast conference we had planned to hold in 2020 was pushed back to this year by the pandemic. So our next conference will be in 2023 – and hopefully in person. Please make plans to join us. Meanwhile, the Restore America’s Estuaries Coastal and Estuarine Summit will be held this December in New Orleans.
SOC21 virtual lobby
