Land Section

The Land Section completes all necessary actions that will allow full access to coastal restoration project lands. This includes drafting and negotiating servitude agreements, letter agreements, mineral operations use agreements, pipeline agreements, and rights of entry for construction that will provide all needed legal access to project areas. Land Section personnel also draft and coordinate memoranda of agreement, interagency agreements, and letter agreements with federal and other state agencies involved in coastal restoration projects. Land Section personnel act as coordinators and liaisons among state agencies and departments within the Louisiana state government, divisions within the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, and all sections of the Coastal Restoration Division. Duties also include management of legal, land service and appraisal contracts, and facilitating private landowner coordination and negotiation.