A little publicized event is happening each day next week (May 11 – 15, 2009) from 10 AM to 2 PM. Area volunteeer groups and individuals will gather at the Butte LaRose Welcome Center to cook food, have fun and promote South Louisiana Tourism and their organizations. The groups range from Federal, State and local…

The word is out, and Blake Couvillion is organizing another clean up on the Teche.  This one is set for May 9th  and folks are meeting at 9:00 am behind the church in Arnaudville.  Motor boats are very much needed.  Lunch is being provided by pot luck participants who will meet at NuNu’s Cafe with…

I mentioned in a previous post that the Friends of the Atchafalaya are planning to sponsor the return of Experience Atchafalaya Days, previously staged from 2002 to 2004 by the Atchafalaya Basin Program, the Sierra Club and the Atchafalaya Trace Commission. Some of you have already expressed interest in holding an affiliated event, and we…

Don’t forget about the annual membership meeting of the Friends of the Atchafalaya. For details, see the April 15th post. Come on out. (Click here to drop a note so we will know how many to expect.) cr/30

Department of Natural Resources Secretary Scott Angelle and DNR staff members will be supporting LA Earth Day this Sunday, April 19, 2009, and the official Earth Day on April 22. The Department is a sponsor and participant in the Sunday activities and the Secretary will teach an environmental class in Lafayette on the 22nd. Secretary…

The FOA board has been meeting monthly and will meet again on the fourth Tuesday of April, but this is a special meeting because it is also our annual membership meeting. Anyone can come to the Board meetings but we reserve a special meeting, once a year, for reports from the Board officers on our…

The Friends will be joining the Louisiana Wildlife Federation and others in the “Nature and Your Neighborhood” area at the 2009 Louisiana Earth Day in Baton Rouge on Sunday, April 19, 2009. The event will be spread out between the River Center and the Old State Capitol, across River Road from the Mississippi River. Our…

“The mission of the bear festival is to educate the citizens of St. Mary Parish and the surrounding area about the Louisiana black bear, a species listed by the US Fish and Wildlife Service as “threatened” under the guidelines of the Endangered Species Act.” So reads the recently updated web site.

Debra Credeur, Executive Director of the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area, reports that the regular meeting of the Atchafalaya Trace Commission is Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at 1:00 PM at the Capital Park Welcome Center. 

The Friends of the Atchafalaya will join with the Louisiana Wildlife Federation to provide information and examples of life in the Atchafalaya Basin at the 20th Annual Earth Day celebration in Baton Rouge on April 19, 2009. So, after you go to the Bear Festival on Friday and Saturday, head to downtown B.R. and join…