| [Image: pic]AWCC Members Help Out With Youth Wetlands Week On February 15, 2009, AWCC Members at the 4H Mini Barn in Baton Rouge to help pack supply boxes for the 2009 Youth Wetlands Week. |
| AWCC Members Bond at Ropes Course On February 14, 2009, AWCC members got to know each other and wetlands! Members participated in the high ropes course at the LSU University Recreation Complex. |
| Help the AWCC Install Christmas Tree Fencing AWCC to Intall Christmas Tree Sand Fences |
| Splash!: Ocean Commotion 2008 Ocean Commotion 2008 was a splash of a time! About 8 AWCC members from around the state converged into the Pete Maravich Assembly Center at LSU in order to help promote saving America's Wetlands. Elementary and middle school children from around the state got to see the different types of wetland ecosytems in Louisiana. Some adventurous kids also got to experience the wonders of marsh mud! |
| Install Wood Duck Boxes in Lincoln Parish The AWCC member, Ashley Roach, will be installing wood duck boxes outside of Ruston, LA on January 19, 2009 and could use extra hands! |
| Coastal Louisiana and South Florida: A Comparative Wetland Inventory One of the biggest questions that has arisen in recent years involves the apparent disparity in federal restoration funding provided for the Florida Everglades versus that provided for coastal Louisiana. This document uses published reports and secondary data to develop a parallel comparison of Florida and Louisiana wetlands at the state, regional, program and resource levels. |
| Fisheries Implications of Freshwater Re-introductions An historical overview of Louisiana fisheries in the context of pre- and post-levee construction on the Mississippi River. Data from the Caernarvon Freshwater Diversion is used to describe the relationship between freshwater re-introduction and estuarine fisheries productivity. The report characterizes the conflict between Louisiana’s short-term and long-term goals of coastal restoration and coastal fisheries management. |
| Stewardship Incentives for Louisiana’s Coastal Landowners More than 75% of Louisiana’s coastal wetlands are privately owned, yet the majority of restoration funding provided through federal and state initiatives is directed toward large-scale, public restoration projects. This report compares and contrasts the programmatic and economic aspects of the coastal and inland models of wetland restoration that have evolved in Louisiana over the past decade. |
| Closing the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO): Environmental and Economic Considerations This document provides a synoptic overview of this 40-year-old navigation channel from project inception through modern day. Economic and environmental impacts related to the MRGO are documented for St. Bernard Parish and potential restoration scenarios are described. Additional information is provided on the time and financial resources required to fully address the environmental degradation caused by the MRGO. |
| Planting at City Park NO The AWCC is looking for volunteers to help with a Planting Restoration Project at New Orleans City Park |
| Shreveport Wood Duck Project! Come join up with Natalie Hunsicker, American’s Wetlands Conservation Corps member ,and Sci Port Louisiana Science Center in Shreveport to help construct and put up wood duck boxes. |
| Duck, Duck, Box!: St. Bernard Parish Wood Duck Project Come Help Save the Wood Ducks in St.Bernard Parish.On November 24th, 2008, Gary Decossas and St.Bernard Parish 4-H Junior Leadership Club will go to St.Bernard State Park to help put up Wood Duck Boxes. |
| New Orleans City Park Volunteer Opportunity At 1,300 acres, City Park is one of the largest urban parks in the country. Located in the heart of New Orleans, it holds a special place in the hearts of generations of New Orleanians and is a must see for visitors to the city. On Saturday, November 1, 2008 – volunteers from around the state will help at the Wetland Plant Center by planting wetland plants that will be used in later restoration projects, organizing the growing space and greenhouse, and planting wetland plants around the park. |
| Sucess: Bayou Bienvenue Trash Bash 2008 On Saturday, October 18, AWCC member Gary Decossas and 10 volunteers from the St.Bernard 4-H Junior Leadership Club helped in clearing a 1/2 mile stretch of Bayou Bienvenue! |
| 2008 AWCC Trash Bash at Lake D'Arbonne State Park On October 13, approximately 18 AWCC members from around the state came together to clean up Lake D'Arbonne State Park. |
| America's WETLAND The America's WETLAND Foundation through the Campaign is raising awareness of the impact of Louisiana's wetland loss and increase support for efforts to conserve and save coastal Louisiana. |
| AmeriCorps AmeriCorps is a network of local, state, and national service programs that connects more than 70,000 Americans each year in intensive service to meet our country’s critical needs in education, public safety, health, and the environment. |
| Beach Sweep The America’s Wetland Conservation Corps is leading a team to help pick up litter as part of the Lake Pontchartrain Beach Sweep. |
| Lafitte Terrace Planting Sept. 8th! Get involved and volunteer to help the America's Wetland Conservation Corps create wetland habitat in Lafitte, Louisiana, on September 8th. |
| Protecting Coastal Wetland Forests: What Can You Do to Help? Louisiana’s coastal wetland forests are of tremendous economic, ecological, cultural and recreational value. But many acres of these forests have disappeared over the past century, and many more are being degraded or lost each year. |
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