the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA) amended by 16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq. that includes Louisiana, to develop plans providing assessment priorities for land conservation needs. The agency provides guidance in selecting conservation projects in the state. In 2002 the Secretary of Commerce was directed by Congress to establish the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program (CELCP), "for the purpose of protecting important coastal and estuarine areas that have significant conservation, recreation, ecological, historical, or aesthetic values, or that are threatened by conversion from their natural or recreational state to other uses", through the Department of Commerce, Justice, and State Appropriations Act of 2002 by Public Law 107-77. This was re-authorized in 2009 by the Omnibus Public Land Management Act (P.L. 111-11). In 2002, Congress directed the Secretary of Commerce to establish a Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program (CELCP) "for the purpose of protecting important coastal and estuarine areas that have significant conservation, recreation, ecological, historical, or aesthetic values, or that are threatened by conversion from their natural or recreational state to other uses" (The Department of Commerce, Justice, and State Appropriations Act of 2002, Public Law 107-77). CELCP was re-authorized in 2009 as part of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act (P.L. 111-11). The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, Office of Coastal Management, Inter-agency Affairs and Field Service Division (LDNR/OCM/IAFSD) became the lead agency for implementing a state coastal management program, or CELCP program, based on federal guidelines. Louisiana chose the conditionally approved Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program (CNPCP) boundaries. On January 23, 2008, the Governor of Louisiana signed Executive Order No. BJ 2008-7, creating the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), that implemented the Integrated Ecosystem Restoration and Hurricane Protection plan, becoming known as the "Master Plan." See also Terrebonne Basin Atchafalaya Basin Coastal management Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act Hurricane Rita Hurricane Katrina Mississippi River Delta National Wetlands Research Center Swamp People Hurricane on the Bayou Chemistry of wetland dredging References External links "Louisiana Wetlands", National Geographic "Lessons on the Lake - Why Worry About Wetlands?", U.S. Geological Survey "Louisiana's Wetlands Are Sinking Under Pressure", LaCoast.gov "Louisiana Coastal Wetlands: A Resource At Risk", U.S. Geological Survey - Marine and Coastal Geology Program "Trends and Causes of Historical Wetland Loss In Coastal Louisiana", U.S. Geological Survey Wetland Challenge Quiz Answer Key Hurricane on the Bayou movie