Hurricane Katrina Recovery Tour

NACD's mission is to serve conservation districts by providing national leadership and a unified voice for natural resource conservation.

NACD 2009 Annual Meeting • February 1 - 4, 2009 • New Orleans, LA

Tour Details

What: Hurricane Katrina Recovery Tour, hosted by the Lousiana Association of Conservation Districts
When: Wednesday, February 4, 2009, Noon - 5 p.m.
Who: Open to everyone (limited number of tickets available)
Cost: $35.00 per person

This tour will provide a view of areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. Over three years have passed and recovery efforts are still very far from complete. Buses will tour the Lower Ninth Ward of Orleans Parish, an area flooded by Gulf of Mexico storm surge as a result of levee failure along the adjacent Industrial Canal. The tour will include the nearby City of Chalmette and other portions of St. Bernard Parish. Most of these areas were inundated by storm surge with depths of twenty feet or higher. Tour participants will also view past hurricane damage along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. NRCS employees from Louisiana and Mississippi will discuss the role the agency played in recovery through the agency’s Emergency Watershed Protection Program.

Tour Registration

You may pre-register for the tours using the form below, or you may sign up at the conference. Tour reservation cancellation deadline is January 16, 2009!

Host State Conservation Tour Registration Form - To register, fill out the registration form below and submit completed form and payment to Fran Martinez, Plaquemines SWCD, 499 Hebert Blvd., Belle Chasse LA 70037. Checks should be made payable to LACD.

Questions

Contact Fran Marinez by email at plaqdist@worldnet.att.net, by phone at (504) 394-7741 or by fax at (504) 394-7709 with any questions or inquiries.