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July 2012 Meetings_Report
Click HERE for a recap of several meetings held around the Basin over the past month. Included are the Atchafalaya Basin Program Technical Advisory Group meeting, Friends of the Atchafalaya Board Meeting, and the Atchafalaya Trace Commission Regular Meeting, concerning the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area. The document is an Adobe PDF file. You will need Adobe Reader…
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More Comments on Corps Master Plan
Several partner organizations have released their comments on the Draft Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System Project, Louisiana Master Plan and have agreed to let us post them here. You will find common threads among all of the comments. Most groups are seriously concerned about the environmental health of the lands and waters inside (and outside) the…
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FOA Comments on Corps ABFS Plan
On July 18, 2012, FOA submitted comments to the US Army Corps of Engineers on the 2012 Draft Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System Project, LA Master Plan. Copies of the Cover Letter from President Charlie Fryling and the detailed comments, in both Microsoft Word and PDF format, can be downloaded here. Cover Letter in PDF format…
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May 2012 Meetings Report
Click HERE for a recap of several meetings held around the Basin over the past month. Included are the Friends of the Atchafalaya Board and Annual Meetings, the Atchafalaya Basin Program Technical Advisory Group meeting, a portion of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority meeting, and the Atchafalaya Trace Commission Regular Meeting, concerning the Atchafalaya National…
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NARRP Conference Presentation
PDF notes for the presentation made by Charles Caillouet to the National Association of Recreation Resource Planners is now available. Send me an email to foa at basinbuddies dot org. It is titled Beauty, Violence, Turmoil, and Recovery: Life in a Great Swamp and addresses the history of the Basin, the working of the Floodways, other…
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FOA Annual Member Meeting
For open release: (Please forward to any appropriate media outlet.) The Friends of the Atchafalaya, a group dedicated to promoting conservation of the historic, cultural, and natural resources of the greater Atchafalaya Basin region, will hold its annual membership meeting at 6:30 PM at the Bluebonnet Branch of the East Baton Rouge Parish Library, on April 24, 2012. All…
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ABP Annual Basin Plan Meetings
From Steve Chustz at the Atchafalaya Basin Program: “The FY2013 Draft Annual Basin Plan …was approved yesterday [Nov. 9, 2011] by the Research and Promotion Board. The plan is now available on our web site and we will be presenting it in our public meetings next week. Below is the schedule for our public meetings. Thanks for…
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Atchafalaya Basin in 2011
[Updated – November 10, 2011] On October 31, 2011, this writer gave a presentation as a part of Experience Atchafalaya Days 2011, on the Atchafalaya Basin and the Flood of 2011. There is so much to talk about when one tries to define the Basin (it represents different things to just about everyone you ask),…
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Basin Inventory & Assessment Tool
NEWS RELEASE www.dnr.louisiana.gov For Immediate Release Tuesday, July 5, 2011 Contact: Anna Dearmon, 225.223.3835 Atchafalaya Basin Natural Resource Inventory Assessment System Now Available Online BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is pleased to announce that the Atchafalaya Basin Natural Resource Inventory and Assessment System (ABNRIAS) is now available online at http://abp.cr.usgs.gov/…
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EADays Update
Latest summary of events happening around the Basin in October. Details of EADays events are no longer on line here. Go to atchafalaya.org for more info on events.