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Please join us for the 2008 Restore or Retreat Annual Board of Directors and General Membership Meeting with Guest Speaker Garret Graves, Executive Assistant to the Governor, Office of Coastal Activities. Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Reserve your space with this invitation.

Our 2007 Barn-Storming Party to Save Our Coast was quite a success.
You can view the photos here.

Special Thanks to our 2007 Barn-Storming Sponsors.

Louisiana desperately needed WRDA.

"The Conveyance" Winter/Spring 2008 Newsletter

Headlines:

Inauguration Brings Renewed Hope for Protecting and Restoring Louisiana’s Coast
In January, ROR submitted a position paper to Governor Bobby Jindal, outlining the critical needs that the group believes must be addressed on the state level to ensure effective restoration and protection for the Barataria and Terrebonne basins.

ROR Initiates New Restoration Review
Restore or Retreat has engaged the services of Coastal Environments, Inc. of Baton Rouge to conduct a scientific review and compile recommendations on how restoration and protection projects can most effectively work in concert throughout the Barataria-Terrebonne basins.

Blueprint Louisiana “Gets It”
The citizen-driven Blueprint Louisiana effort has acknowledged coastal protection and restoration as one of the areas in need of action to fundamentally improve Louisiana.

Sumer/Fall 2007 Newsletter

Coastal LA Deserves it
ROR Reps Tour Davis pond
Thibodaux Student Wins first ROR Scholarship

Spring 2007 Newsletter

ROR President is a Familiar Face
Annual Meeting
2007 Legislative Session

Winter/March 2007 Newsletter

Louisiana Presents Plans for Its Coastal Future
Davis Pond Update
Donor Listing

Fall 2006

Choose and Lose?
"Louisiana Speaks" About Restoration
ROR in the Community

Spring/Summer 2006

ROR Awaits Final Findings of State's Third Delta Study
ROR supports issues of critical importance to southeast Louisiana
Spotlight on OCS Revenue

Extra Edition February 2006

ROR Annual Meeting Welcomes Record Crowd
Alternatives Identified in Phase 2 of TDCC Study

Fall 2005/Winter 2006

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita intensify the demand for aggressive restoration of our coastal wetlands.

Summer 2005

Five Years and Counting
State, Parishes Begin Planning for Coastal Dedication of Energy Bill Funds
Workshop Kicks off Second Phase of Third Delta Study

Spring 2005

DNR Secretary Motivates Crowd at ROR Annual Meeting
State to Evaluate Third Delta Alternatives
ROR Strategic Plan Keeps Large-Scale Restoration in Focus

Spring 2004

State Urges Corps to Proceed with Third Delta Feasibility Study
Short-Term or Long-Term, LCA Should Aggressively Pursue Large-Scale Projects
TDCC Featured in "Popular Science"

Winter 2004

Third Delta Proposal Could Build Land Faster than Wax Lake Project
Governor Blanco & Commission Urge White House to Release LCA Draft Report
Leaders Rally for Coastal Action During 2004 ROR Annual Meeting

Fall 2003

LCA Report Delayed Until November
ROR Urges Corps to Include Third Delta Conveyance Channel in Comprehensive Plan
Annual Fundraiser Is a Barn-Storming Success

Summer 2003

Third Delta Feasibility Study is Underway
Washington Meets the Louisiana Coast
Key Wetlands Bills Gain Legislative Approval

Spring 2003

"We're Drowning."
Representatives of the Houma-Terrebonne Chamber of Commerce, including Restore or Retreat Executive Director Lori LeBlanc, traveled to Washington, D.C.
Coastal Issues Highlighted in Legislative Session
Campaign Kicks Off "America's Wetland Trail"

Winter 2003

ROR participates in Clean Gulf Conference.
Third Delta and Bayou Lafourche Freshwater Diversion projects provide hope for struggling coast.

Fall 2002

State brings coastal land loss issue to national audience with America's Wetland Campaign.
Coastal restoration supporters get the ear of U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman.

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