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“Saving the Basin” – What does it mean?
I have often said that everyone that i meet around the Atchafalaya has the same goal; they all want to “Save the Basin.” The problem is that they all have a different idea of what that phrase means.
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Heritage Area Meeting
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.
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Bayou Teche Cleanup
[From an article in http://www.dailyworld.com by William Johnson • March 31, 2009] The Friends are apparently not the only group trying to clean up our waterways and landings and this week, we salute volunteers on the west side of the historic Atchafalaya Basin. Bayou Teche is one of the old meanderings of the Mississippi River…
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Canoeing Visitor Info
I received a message today from a fellow who paddled in the Basin five years ago and was looking for some information on how to get back out into the Basin for another trip. He is cominng with three friends from all over North America. I sent him a few links but i thought that…
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Updated ABP Draft Annual Plan Posted
The Atchafalaya Basin Program Draft Annual Plan that was approved by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, is available on the DNR web site at http://dnr.louisiana.gov/sec/atchafalaya/2010-draft-annual-plan.pdf Most of the changes are clarifications or corrections of typos so the substance is the same, but if you want to be up to date, the new version is…
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March FOA Board Meeting Report
You missed a good meeting if you didn’t get by. Atchafalaya Basin Program Executive Director Steve Chutz came by and gave us an update on the Annual Plan, which has now been approved, unchanged, by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) and is ready to be forwarded to the Legislature.
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20th Annual LA Earth Day
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…
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Black Bear Fest Coming in April
Black Bear Conservation Committee Executive Director and FOA Advisor Paul Davidson reports that the annual Bayou Teche Bear Festival will be held in Franklin on April 17 & 18, 2009 (Friday and Saturday), and will celebrate one of the Cajun Coast’s most distinguished residents: the Louisiana black bear. The festival will feature an art sale…
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March Board Meeting planned
Sorry that the site has been quiet for the past few weeks. I was on the road, then home for family business, then on the road again and it has been a hectic month. Now it’s time for another Friends of the Atchafalaya Board meeting. Because of difficulties scheduling rooms before and during the legislative…
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2/19/2009 ABP Board Meeting
On Thursday, February 19, 2009, the Atchafalaya Basin Program (ABP) Research and Promotion Board (RPB) held a meeting for review of the public comments on the Draft Annual Basin Plan. The Board approved the Draft Plan essentially as presented in the public meetings, albeit with a few editorial changes. The revised Plan should be posted…