Source: LSU Communications and University Relations
BATON ROUGE – Robert Twilley, associate vice chancellor of research and economic development at LSU, director of the Coastal Sustainability Agenda and professor in the LSU Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, was quoted in an article on the New York Times Web site examining the recent push for a massive coastal restoration effort to be launched in Louisiana.
The article, “Advocates Renew Calls for Large-Scale Restoration of La.’s Coastal Wetlands,” can be viewed at http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/08/20/20greenwire-advocates-renew-calls-for-large-scale-restorat-15272.html?pagewanted=1.
Twilley also leads the newly-founded Coastal Sustainability Studio, which is sponsored by the America’s Wetland Foundation.
Also referenced in a New York Times article about Cuba, the United States and their collaboration on hurricane and storm preparations was a paper written by LSU Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Ivor Van Heerden. That article can be found at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/21/world/americas/21storm.html?_r=1&hp. Louisiana.
Publish Date:
08-21-2009
