The new coastal protection chairman is a familiar face in Terrebonne, and he plans to use breakwater rocks to defend Louisiana’s coast.
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry appointed former Terrebonne Parish President Gordy Dove chairman of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority. Former Terrebonne Levee Conservation District Board President Tony Alford was appointed chairman of the Governor’s Advisory Commission on Coastal Protection on Jan. 31.
The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, also known as CPRA, creates an annual master plan for Louisiana’s coast, as well as a five-year plan, which is then submitted to the Louisiana Legislature. Dove recently termed out as Parish President. For more than a year he would say he was intending to retire and spend time with his grandchildren. He said the political animal in him won out, and he couldn’t turn down an opportunity to defend the coast.
“You know, my children and their grandchildren are going to live in Louisiana,” he said. “I’m going to make sure they don’t walk under water.”