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Legislature—s HCR27 prompts state to strengthen Gulf hypoxia coordination; CPRA briefed on resolution
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Summary
Doug Daigle of the Louisiana Hypoxia Working Group briefed the CPRA board on House Concurrent Resolution 27, which urges stronger state participation in Gulf hypoxia efforts and recommends the governor—s Office of Coastal Activities serve as Louisiana—s official task force representative and increased interagency coordination.
At the July 16 CPRA board meeting, Doug Daigle, coordinator of the Louisiana Hypoxia Working Group, presented a summary of House Concurrent Resolution 27, which the Louisiana Legislature recently passed and which aims to strengthen state participation in the Gulf hypoxia (low‑oxygen) effort.
Daigle told the board HCR27 asks the governor to ensure stronger representation and coordination on the Gulf Hypoxia Task Force. "The first recommendation is that the official representative for Louisiana on that task force be the governor's Office of Coastal Activities," he said, explaining that the resolution directs the governor to make that designation and recommends additional state actions.
Key recommendations in HCR27 summarized by Daigle include:
- State representation: designate the governor's Office of Coastal Activities as Louisiana's official representative on the Gulf hypoxia task force while allowing delegation of duties to other staff as appropriate. - Interagency participation: increase involvement by agencies that deliver on‑the‑ground practices, including the Department of Agriculture and Forestry and the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, which Daigle said were not consistently included in prior efforts. - Transparency and reporting: prepare an annual report to the House and Senate natural resource committees and make task‑force meetings public to improve transparency.
Daigle said the legislature sent the resolution to the governor and that the legislature overwhelmingly approved it. He urged the board to review the resolution and to support implementation of its recommendations.
Ending: The board thanked Daigle for the briefing and asked staff to stay engaged on implementation as the governor—s office considers the resolution.
