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For Release:
October 20, 2004
Joint Release:
Issued by Governor’s Press Office and DNR
News Advisory
Governor's Coastal Flyover on Friday, Oct. 22
BATON ROUGE- Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco will host key Congressional committee staffers and national conservation representatives in a coastal flyover Friday, October 22, 2004. U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu will also join the group in Port Fourchon to participate.
The flyover will give participants a bird's eye view of critical areas of coastal land loss, restoration projects, barrier island needs and parts of the lower Atchafalaya Basin.
The coastal flyover is a part of a continuing effort to educate Congress and citizens around the nation about Louisiana's vanishing coastline, America's Wetland, and the imminent threat this loss poses to our nation's security, environment and energy sources.
Governor's Coastal Flyover Itinerary
| 8:30 am | Pre-Flight Briefing: Coastal Land Loss and Restoration Overview New Orleans Lakefront Airport- National Guard Hangar 6001 Stars and Stripes Boulevard New Orleans, LA |
| *Governor will be available to the press immediately following the briefing. | |
| 9:30 am | Coastal Flyover |
| 10:30 am | Briefing: Offshore Oil & Gas Production, Onshore Support Systems, Homeland
Security and Emergency Preparedness Overview Port Fourchon Operations Center 108 A. O. Rappelet Road Port Fourchon, LA |
| *Governor will be available to the press immediately following the briefing. | |
| 12 noon | Bus tour of the port facility by participants. |
| 1:00 pm | Coastal Flyover |
| 2:00 pm | Governor Blanco will address the Parishes Against Coastal Erosion's Quarterly
Meeting. |
| *Media is invited. Governor will be available to the press immediately following the meeting. | |
Editors: Pool video and photos will be made available
to the press. For more information, contact the DNR Public Information Office at
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