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“Friends” Basin News Update
Check in at the Friends of the Atchafalaya group on facebook regularly for your Atchafalaya Basin information. The Atchafalaya Basin needs your support! Enjoy Atchafalaya every day. _______ Friends of the Atchafalaya Meetings of the FOA usually occur on the fourth Tuesday of the month. Check the facebook group page for the next meeting.
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Bookin’ it on the Bayou
Here are some books that should interest you if you want to know more about the Atchafalaya Basin, the Mississippi River, Coastal Louisiana, or wild Louisiana, in general.
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TNC Acquires 5,000 Acres in AB Floodway!
On July 2, 2015, The Nature Conservancy announced the addition of 5,359 acres in the Atchafalaya River Basin to their preserve system! The acquisition in the Bayou Sorrel region “marks the first step in a long-term vision to conserve and restore America’s great swamp forest.” according to the press release. The newly-acquired land, along with adjacent State Land parcels in…
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2024 Update
This site is experiencing problems with its previously working theme. Feel free to try to access the old pages; they are all here but may not work as expected and the layout is awkward. The “Join Us” page should work to pay dues, or you can try from the Facebook FOA group. Sorry for the…
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Who Runs the Basin in 2020?
Who runs the Atchafalaya Basin? One of the common questions that i get when i tell people that i work with the Friends of the Atchafalaya is “Who runs the Atchafalaya Basin, anyway?”, as if there is a single person with a magic wand and a trunk full of dollars, making decisions about which areas…
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January 2017 Meeting Minutes
Here are the January 2017 FOA meeting minutes: 20170124-FOA-Final_minutes
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July 2016 Meeting Minutes
Here are the July 2016 FOA meeting minutes: 20160726-FOA-Final_Minutes
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June 2016 Meeting Minutes
Here are the June 2016 FOA meeting minutes: 20160628-FOA-Final_Minutes
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LSU study looks at Basin differently…
This story: http://phys.org/news/2016-07-methods-coastal.html and this report: http://www.laseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/Coevolution-Twilley-et-al-2016.pdf look at the differences in coastal land loss in the Atchafalaya and Terrebonne Basins from a different perspective that is worth studying.
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May 2016 Meeting Minutes
Here are the May 2016 FOA meeting minutes: 20160524-FOA-Final_Minutes
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April 2016 Meeting Minutes
Here are the April 2016 FOA meeting minutes: Board meeting: 20160426-FOA_Board-Final_Minutes Annual Meeting: 20160426-FOA-Annual-Final_Minutes