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Louisiana
Sea Grant Receives APEX Award
July 6, 2005
BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Sea Grant College
Program (LSGCP) communications office is the recipient of the
2005 APEX Award of Excellence in Design and Layout for LSGCP’s
publication “Functions and Values of Wetlands in Louisiana.”
The publication discusses the role of wetlands in providing wildlife
habitat, buffering storms, controlling erosion and mitigating
floods. It also describes the commercial, recreational and cultural
values of wetlands, as well as wetlands conservation efforts.
Nearly 5,000 entries in 11 categories and 109
subcategories were submitted to the Seventh Annual Awards for
Publication Excellence (APEX) competition, sponsored by Communications
Concepts Inc. In 2004, LSGCP’s research magazine, “Coast
& Sea,” received an Award of Excellence.
Since its establishment in 1968, LSGCP has worked
to promote stewardship of the state’s coastal resources
through a combination of research, education and outreach programs
critical to the cultural, economic and environmental health of
Louisiana’s coastal zone. Louisiana Sea Grant, based at
Louisiana State University, is part of the National Sea Grant
Program, a network of 30 programs in each of the U.S. coastal
and Great Lakes states and Puerto Rico/U.S. Virgin Islands.
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