Thursday, November 8, 2007 was a big day for the funding of water projects in Louisiana. While money, alone, won’t fix our problems, it will take major funding to start to undo the damage of more than a century of self-centered mis-management of our natural resources. The big stories on Thursday were the Senate’s override…

If you go to the Atchafalaya Basin Program web site these days, you might notice that the Acting Director of the ABP is David Fruge’. Longtime Director Sandra Thompson has taken leave and plans to retire from the State Government, pending the outcome of the upcoming election. Projects are moving along in the Program these…

The Atchafalaya Basin Program Spring tour was held on April 26, 2007 at the planned site of the Grosse Tete Visitor Center. Approximately 65 people plus a 5 piece band showed up for reports on the plans for the center and the Atchafalaya East Watershed Study. The Center is being built by Iberville Parish and…

Miriam Davey, President of the Board of the Friends of the Atchafalaya, reports that the IRS has designated the Friends as tax-exempt under section 501 (c) (3) of the tax code. That means that you can now deduct contributions to the Friends.

Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco today approved three water quality/water access projects with funding through the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program (ABP). A fourth project approved by the Governor will involve funding from St. Martin Parish’s share of the Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP). Two of the projects involve dredging waterways in the…

Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco approved 18 local projects worth $6.2 milion through the LA Department of Natural Resources’ Atchafalaya Basin Program (ABP). Projects included boat launch construction and/or improvements at Bayou Amy in Henderson, and at Bayou Benoit and Millet Point on the West Protection Levee. Also included were parish-sponsored recreation features in Assumption, Avoyelles,…