Dr. Quenton Fontenot<\/a>, biology department head and professor, said the university already has several native Louisiana irises ready to plant once they have access to ponds on the other side of the bridge. Through a collaboration with the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, will also be planted on land accessible by the bridge for seed harvest production. <\/p>\n\n\n\nNative to the Bayou Region and sustainable in our coastal habitats, these plants are crucial to maintaining coastal wetlands and barrier islands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are thankful to Conoco-Phillips because this grant has allowed us to make significant progress toward our goal of replacing the bridge,\u201d Dr. Fontenot said. \u201cEventually, these plants will support local and state coastal restoration efforts.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Located just down La. 1 from the main campus, the ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Farm is an integral part of the university\u2019s plans to become the center for coastal restoration research and implementation in Louisiana. In recent years, ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Biology has harvested more than 30,000 black mangroves at the ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Farm, which were planted along coastal beaches. A ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Farm master plan lays out plans for expanded available land for research, classroom space and areas where coastal restoration projects can be tested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The total estimated cost of the project is $300,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: <\/strong>Oct. 29, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\nMEDIA CONTACT: <\/strong>Jacob Batte, Media Relations and Publications Coordinator,\u00a0985.448.4141 or jacob.batte@nicholls.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THIBODAUX, La. — Conoco-Phillips has awarded $50,000 to the ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Department of Biological Sciences to assist in coastal restoration research and coastal plant production. The university will use the grant to help rebuild a bridge on the ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Farm. This will provide access to land that will be used to grow species of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":8283,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[125,42,8,11,12],"tags":[290],"class_list":["post-8282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biology","category-science-technology","category-feature","category-news","category-nicholls","tag-dr-quenton-fontenot"],"yoast_head":"\n
Conoco-Phillips Grant to Help Renovate Bridge at ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Farm - ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ News<\/title>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n