Longtime Times-Picayune environmental journalist Mark Schleifstein is being recognized with a prestigious lifetime achievement award for his work shining a light on Louisiana coastal issues.

Schleifstein, who retired from the newspaper at the end of 2024, is being granted the award by the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, the state's oldest coastal advocacy group. The organization highlighted Schleifstein's work over the decades as vital in drawing attention to the state's coastal crisis, among other environmental issues.

"For more than four decades, Mark has been the voice helping Louisiana make sense of the challenges and possibilities for our coast," Kim Reyher, CRCL executive director, said in a statement. “He has helped us all recognize and understand our coastal land loss c

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