Volunteers sought to plant dune grasses on Grand Isle levee

Volunteers sought to plant dune grasses on Grand Isle levee

KEY TAKEAWAYS: Volunteers to plant 25,000 bitter panicum plugs Nov. 20–22. Project funded by FY24 Parish Matching Program via CPRA. Dune grasses will protect levee, shoreline, and nesting shorebirds. CRCL provides equipment, lunch, and water for all participants. The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana (CRCL) is seeking volunteers to help plant dune grasses next month along a levee damaged by Hurricane Ida on Louisiana’s last inhabited …