Water Sentinels Citizen Water Monitoring Training Scheduled Who: Sierra Club Water Sentinels in partnership with Cajuns for Bayou Teche and Acadiana Resource Conservation & Development What: Water Sampling Introductory Training When: Friday, May 7, 2010 Where: LSU Agriculture Research and Extension Building  – 114 Courthouse St. Breaux Bridge, LA 70517 CONTACT: Woody Martin at 337-298-8380…

The dates for the public input meetings on the Atchafalaya Heritage Area Management Plan Alternatives have been announced. There will be meetings at various times in Grosse Tete, Baton Rouge, Opelousas, Mansura, Patterson and St. Martinville, from May 3-6, 2010. The whirlwind tour is designed to solicit opinions from citizens in the area on the…

Come to Downtown Baton Rouge for LA Earth Day 2010 activities on Sunday, April 18, 2010. The Friends will join the Louisiana Wildlife Federation in the “Nature In Your Neighborhood” tent to remind everyone that “We live in the house that we ALL build.” The official start time is Noon but we will be set…

BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration will conduct four informational meetings for interested landowners across coastal Louisiana from April 20-29, 2010 to discuss the Coastal Forest Conservation Initiative (CFCI) being funded by the state’s Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP). All those who own or are charged with managing forested coastal…

Blake Couvillion and the Cajuns for Bayou Teche/TECHE Project are looking for volunteers to participate in a clean-up of the Bayou Tech between the Cecilia Bridge and Poche Bridge on Saturday, March 27, 2010. Trash Bags and trash pickers are provided, volunteers with motor boars are needed and kayaks and canoes are also welcomed. Gumbo…

The Parish of Iberville has issued the following notice: Please join Parish President J. Mitchell Ourso, Jr. and the Iberville Parish Council for the Grand Opening of the Iberville Parish Visitors Center 17525 Highway 77 Grosse Tete, LA 70740 Friday, March 19, 2010 at Noon Light lunch to be served Please RSVP to the Iberville…

The Friends of the Atchafalaya Board has submitted two resolutions for consideration at the 2010 Louisiana Wildlife Federation Annual Convention to be held this weekend near Many, LA, on Toledo Bend. You can click on the highlighted words to download copies of the resolutions and letters of support prepared by the FOA. The first resolution…

On November 17, 2009, the Louisiana Crawfish Promotion and Research Board met at the Department of Agriculture Building on Florida Blvd. in Baton Rouge. The Board is made up of crawfishermen, processors, crawfish farmers, retailers, bait suppliers, restaurant operators, and representatives of related organizations, and is funded through assessments on live crawfish, bait, and processed…

Because of conflicts with holiday activities and the Atchafalaya Basin Program 2011 Annual Plan Hearings, a combined November/December Friends of the Atchafalaya Board of Directors meeting will be held on December 15, 2009, at the Bluebonnet Branch Library in Baton Rouge at 6:30 PM. Everyone is invited to attend and submit suggestions for 2010 projects…

The Atchafalaya Basin Program has posted the Draft 2011 Annual Plan for the Basin Program on the Program web site. This is the plan that was approved by the Research and Promotion Board last week. It will be reviewed in public hearings around the Basin later in November. The public hearings schedule for the proposed…