News release Public Information Office  SLU 10880   Hammond, LA 70402   phone: 985-549-2341   fax: 985-549-2061 publicinfo@selu.edu Spring 2004 news releases Public Information home News archive Contact: Rene Abadie Date: 7/7/05   SOUTHEASTERN TO HOST COASTAL FOREST HEALTH MEETING        HAMMOND -- Southeastern Louisiana University will be the host site for a state public meeting on coastal forest health, use and policy Tuesday, July 12, at the University Center on West University Avenue.        Sponsored by the Governor’s Office of Coastal Activities, the meeting is open to the public and will be held at 7 p.m. in Room 133 of the of the center.         The meeting is one of four public meetings scheduled throughout south Louisiana. The meetings are intended to brief the public on the results of a scientific study that was done for the Governor’s Office regarding coastal forests and to solicit comments from people throughout the region about the protection and use of coastal wetland forests.        The scientific study is the work of the Governor’s Coastal Wetland Forest Conservation and Use Science Working Group. Results of the study are available at www.coastalforestswg.lsu.edu.        Other meetings are scheduled on July 13 in Lake Charles, July19 in Butte La Rose, and July 20 in Thibodaux. For more information, call 225-342-3968.