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CPRA outlines CWPPRA ("Quipra") program history, process and recent approvals
Summary
CPRA staff reviewed the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA, commonly called "Quipra"), its federal funding structure, basin-based nomination and selection process, monitoring investments and recent phase‑1 and phase‑2 approvals from the January task‑force meeting.
CPRA staff provided the board an overview of the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) program — commonly called Quipra in Louisiana — and summarized recent task‑force actions and the program’s role within the state's coastal program.
Why this matters: Quipra has been a core federal funding stream for Louisiana coastal projects for 35 years, providing long‑term construction budgets, monitoring funding and a basin‑based process for project nomination and selection that feeds CPRA’s annual program pipeline.
CPRA staff described CWPPRA’s funding mechanism (an excise-tax–derived share of the Sport Fish Restoration…
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