{"id":5788,"date":"2015-11-12T16:06:38","date_gmt":"2015-11-12T22:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/?p=5788"},"modified":"2015-11-12T16:06:38","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12T22:06:38","slug":"greater-lafourche-port-commission-recognizes-nicholls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2015\/11\/12\/greater-lafourche-port-commission-recognizes-nicholls\/","title":{"rendered":"Greater Lafourche Port Commission recognizes ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ for Fourchon Beach restoration, protection efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5797\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5797\" style=\"width: 532px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2015\/11\/ÐÓ°É´«Ã½Fourchon021.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5797\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2015\/11\/ÐÓ°É´«Ã½Fourchon021-540x344.jpg\" alt=\"ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ is recognized by the Greater Lafourche Port Commission for its fundamental role in a Fourchon Beach coastal restoration and protection effort, the recipient of the 2015 American Association of Port Authorities Environmental Enhancement Award. ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ biology faculty and students have grown and planted over 16,500 dune grass stems to help protect Fourchon Beach from environmental factors like storm surges and coastal erosion since July 2014. Pictured (from left) are Wilbet Collins Sr., GLPC board member; Kris Gaudet, GLPC board member; Ted Savoie, GLPC board member; Harris &quot;Chuckie&quot; Cheramie Jr., GLPC board secretary; ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ President Dr. Bruce Murphy; Dr. Allyse Ferrara, ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ professor of biological sciences; Chett Chiasson, executive director of the Greater Lafourche Port Commission; Dr. Quenton Fontenot, ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ professor and head of biological sciences; John Melancon Jr., GLPC board treasurer; Jimmy Guidry, GLPC board vice president; Ervin &quot;Vin&quot; Bruce, GLPC board member; and Larry Griffin, GLPC board member. Not pictured is Perry Gisclair, GLPC board president. Photo courtesy of Greater Lafourche Port Commission\" width=\"532\" height=\"339\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #525050\">ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ is recognized by the Greater Lafourche Port Commission for its fundamental role in a Fourchon Beach coastal restoration and protection effort, the recipient of the 2015 American Association of Port Authorities Environmental Enhancement Award. ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ biology faculty and students have grown and planted over 16,500 dune grass stems to help protect Fourchon Beach from environmental factors like storm surges and coastal erosion since July 2014. Pictured (from left) are Wilbet Collins Sr., GLPC board member; Kris Gaudet, GLPC board member; Ted Savoie, GLPC board member; Harris &#8220;Chuckie&#8221; Cheramie Jr., GLPC board secretary; ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ President Dr. Bruce Murphy; Dr. Allyse Ferrara, ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ professor of biological sciences; Chett Chiasson, executive director of the Greater Lafourche Port Commission; Dr. Quenton Fontenot, ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ professor and head of biological sciences; John Melancon Jr., GLPC board treasurer; Jimmy Guidry, GLPC board vice president; Ervin &#8220;Vin&#8221; Bruce, GLPC board member; and Larry Griffin, GLPC board member. Not pictured is Perry Gisclair, GLPC board president. <em>Photo courtesy of Greater Lafourche Port Commission<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>GALLIANO \u2014 The Greater Lafourche Port Commission recognized ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ for its fundamental contributions to Fourchon Beach coastal restoration and protection efforts at a commission board meeting Thursday in Galliano.<\/p>\n<p>ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ biology faculty and students have grown and planted over 16,500 dune grass stems to help protect Fourchon Beach from environmental factors like storm surges and coastal erosion since July 2014. Volunteers will return to the beach on Friday, Nov. 13 for additional planting.<\/p>\n<p>The recipient of the 2015 American Association of Port Authorities Environmental Enhancement Award, the ongoing Fourchon Beach restoration project is a collaboration among the Greater Lafourche Port Commission, ÐÓ°É´«Ã½, Shell Oil Co. and the Wisner Foundation. The project rebuilt over 5,300 liner feet of beach and dune habitat along Fourchon Beach, which provides essential storm surge protection to Port Fourchon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving an environmentally conscious organization like the Greater Lafourche Port Commission collaborate with ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ students on service-learning opportunities encourages them to connect with their community and gain a firsthand understanding of the impact they can make as future biologists,\u201d said ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ President Dr. Bruce Murphy. \u201cÐÓ°É´«Ã½ is very proud of its biology faculty and students for becoming leaders in preserving and protecting Louisiana\u2019s vulnerable coastline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fourchon Beach is the first line of defense for Port Fourchon, which services over 90 percent of all deepwater Gulf of Mexico oil and gas production, accounting for approximately 20 percent of the U.S. energy supply. This beach area sustained extensive damages from Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Gustav and Isaac.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile it\u2019s great to build this beach and dune back, we understood that the project wouldn\u2019t be able to last long in that environment without plants to help hold it together,\u201d said Chett Chiasson, executive director of the Greater Lafourche Port Commission. \u201cThat\u2019s when we approached ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ about helping us protect this investment with a series of plantings, and we are very grateful that they have done so much to help us keep our beach intact.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GALLIANO \u2014 The Greater Lafourche Port Commission recognized ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ for its fundamental contributions to Fourchon Beach coastal restoration and protection efforts at a commission board meeting Thursday in Galliano. 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