THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE.

The article focuses on funds from Deepwater Horizon oil spill used for financing unprecedented restoration along the cost in Louisiana. Topics include creation of detailed restoration agenda by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) formed in 2005 in response to hurricanes Katrina and Rita , views of Governor John Bel Edwards, importance of restoring barrier islands, and the project the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion building gated structure into west bank of the Mississippi.