FrontMatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Historic and Existing Louisiana Coastal Systems -- 3 Conflicts and Limitations to Achieving Goals -- 4 Plans and Efforts at Restoring Coastal Louisiana -- 5 The LCA Study Planning Approach, Modeling, and Project Selection Process -- 6 The LCA Study and the Feasibility of Its Components -- 7 Critical Knowledge Gaps -- 8 Findings and Recommendations -- References -- Appendixes -- Appendix A Committee and Staff Biographies -- Appendix B Acronyms and Abbreviations.