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Tourism Week at the Welcome Center
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…
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FOA Meeting and New Officers
The Friends of the Atchafalaya held its annual membership meeting and monthly Board of Directors’ meeting at the Kean Miller offices in Downtown Baton Rouge on April 28, 2009. Thanks to our Board Treasurer Alice Miller and the Kean Miller firm for hosting us again this year.
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Another Teche Clean-up!
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…
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Experience the Atchafalaya
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…
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Annual Meeting Tonight!
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
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One of our own… Willie Fontenot
Some of you know Willie Fontenot, one of our FOA Board members. Willie worked in State Government for many years as a citizen’s advocate, giving a voice to many small groups who were generally overlooked by the “system”.
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DNR in the News for Earth Day
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…
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FOA Annual Members’ Meeting
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…
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Friends, LWF, and LA Earth Day
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…
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BBCC Black Bear Fest Coming
“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.