Following the Great Floods of 2016, Gov. Edwards issued an Executive Order that charged state agencies to coordinate statewide flood risk management efforts through a regional watershed approach, centering decision-making through shared waterways across multiple jurisdictional boundaries.  The order identified five state agencies to collaborate on interagency alignment efforts through technical advisory groups made up of staff from each agency, and the Council on Watershed Management, which oversees all activities associated with the Louisiana Watershed Initiative (LWI). Those agencies are as follows: Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, the Department of Transportation Development, the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, and the Office of Community Development. Members of the technical advisory groups recommended the eight provisional watershed regions (below) that were then adopted by the Council on Watershed Management