WYES COASTAL EXPO
Join us at WYES for a FREE community event on Sat., August 17.
No ticket needed to enter.
WYES COASTAL EXPO
Saturday, August 17 from 1-4pm
WYES-TV, 916 Navarre Ave., New Orleans
The FREE community event will showcase coastal advocacy groups working on projects to help combat coastal loss, plus local academic programs will be on-hand to discuss the courses they offer to prepare for a career path in the coastal studies and environmental fields.
In addition, guests will have the opportunity to screen the WYES CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES programs in the Charlie & Janette Kornman Performance Studio. Following the screening there will be a panel discussion and Q&A with the programs’ producer and host Marcia Kavanaugh and coastal experts Steve Cochran, Steve Mathies and Mark Schleifstein.
The following are participating in the WYES COASTAL EXPO:
Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA)
Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act Outreach (CWPPRA)
Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program (BTNEP)
The Coastal Center at Nicholls State University
Pontchartrain Conservancy
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
The Water Collaborative of Greater New Orleans
Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Science at the University of New Orleans
Restore the Mississippi River Delta
Nunez Community College Coastal Studies and GIS Technology Program
Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana
Restore or Retreat
STEM NOLA
Louisiana Sea Grant
Coastal Technical Assistance Center