Saving Louisiana's Coast

About 70 percent of the people who call Louisiana home live within the coastal zone of the Gulf of Mexico, a fragile environment that also supports 40 percent of the nation's seafood harvest and the country's largest concentration of offshore oil rigs. Studying this unique environment is one of the missions of LSU's School of the Coast & Environment (SC&E), a global leader in wetland and environmental research and the management of coastal resources. The faculty and students at SC&E (formerly known as CCEER-the Center for Coastal, Energy, & Environmental Resources) are discovering new ways to restore barrier islands, improve hydrology to maintain salinity balance in marshes, protect fish and shellfish for commercial and sports use, provide first warning capability against devastating storms, and effect environmental remediation.

The School of the Coast & Environment's new building (shown at left), which will open in fall 2002, will bring together the school's academic programs and institutes under one roof and provide leading-edge research facilities.

Last updated January 2002

• School of the Coast & Environment
• CCEER undergoes changes (LSU News Release)

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