United States Sen Tender

U.S. Sen. John Kennedy R-La. announced today that the Office of Gulf Restoration in the Department of the Treasury awarded a 400000 grant to Livingston Parish for a shoreline restoration project.The Amite River Costal Wetlands Restoration Project will help rebuild 10 acres of forested coastal wetlands and shoreline habitats that have been lost due to erosion at the meeting point of the Amite Rive and Lake Maurepas in Livingston Parish.Funds from this grant will begin the planning stagessurveying permitting designing and engineeringof the Amite River Costal Wetlands Restoration Project said Sen. Kennedy. Repairing the shoreline after years of erosion will help preserve Louisianas natural wildlife and resources as well as the beauty of the Amite River.