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Much Water in the Basin
It has been interesting to watch the water coming in and going out of the Atchafalaya Basin.
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FOA ANWR Comments
We have sent our comments to the US Fish and Wildlife Service on the Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment. We hope that you took the time to read the document and provide your input. June 24, 2011 is the deadline to get comments in. As a group concerned about communication…
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2011 Flood Info Links
Here are some links for 2011 Flood information – I’ll post more as i get them.
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FOA Elects New Officers
On April 26, 2011, as called for in the official bylaws, the Friends of the Atchafalaya held a Board of Directors meeting, followed by an open membership meeting at the Audubon Coastal Initiative office in Baton Rouge.
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Carl Carline Paddles Away
Word came today, April 8, 2011, that our friend in the Basin, Carl Carline, 80, life-long resident of Charenton, passed on this morning.
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Who Runs the 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 to mess up and which…
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Volunteers Wanted by CRCL
This just in from the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana: – Subject: Volunteers Needed to Maintain Cypress Trees and Help Grow Wetland Plants Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 09:32:58 -0500 From: “Volunteers” <coalition@crcl.org> Volunteers Details: Register Now Thanks to the energetic volunteers who helped us unload 1,240 cypress trees on October 11, 2010. Over 200 trees…
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Proclamations Issued
Here are downloads of the Proclamation of Atchafalaya Month by Governor Jindal and the Declaration of Support and Commendation from Representative Karen St. Germain and the Legislative Oversight Committee. Thank you to the Governor and Representative St. Germain for their support of our activities from the Friends of the Atchafalaya and the Atchafalaya National Heritage…
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Basin Program Meetings
It’s time to start the cycle of input again to get projects for the 2012 Atchafalaya Basin Program Annual Plan. The Basin Program Research and Promotion Board will hold three meetings this week to give citizens a chance to propose (or propose again) projects that they think should be included in the next Annual Plan.…
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Wildlife Viewing Platform
The Corps and Wildlife and Fisheries are inviting us to help them finish construction of a wildlife observation platform at Sherburne South Farm on September 25, 2010. The new date is October 9, 2010. Go HERE for more information.