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The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) is a Louisiana government agency created by the Louisiana Legislature in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita . The CPRA's forerunner, the '''Wetlands Conservation and Restoration Authority''', was restructed as as the CPRA by Act 8 of the First Extraordinary Session of 2005 when the tasks of coastal restoration and hurricane protection were consolidated into one agency. The agency is responsible for overseeing all levee districts in the Louisiana Coastal Zone and disperal of funding from the Coastal Protection and Restoration Trust Fund. Act 8 defines the CPRA's mandate as, "hurricane protection and the protection, conservation, restoration, and enhancement of coastal wetlands and barrier shorelines or reefs." Additionally, the act defined the term "coastal area" as the Louisiana Coastal Zone and contiguous areas that are subject to storm or tidal surge. LEVEE BOARDS The following Levee Districts are overseen by the CPRA.
Additionally, decisions are pending on the Southwest Louisiana Parishes of Cameron , Vermillion and Iberia . EXTERNAL LINKS
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