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| [Image: l]Help the AWCC Restore Wetlands at Avery Island AWCC member Micah Leonard is looking for volunteers to help restore a portion of the marshes in Avery Island, La. |
| [Image: 2]Volunteer to Help Remove Invasive Tree Species The AWCC is looking for volunteers to help remove invasive tree species and clean up a bald cypress swamp. |
| [Image: 2]Southeastern and Central AWCC Members There are more members than ever serving in southeast Louisiana |
| [Image: JA]Southeast La. Members There are 10 members serving in southeast Louisiana ranging from Terrebone Parish to Plaquemines Parish. |
| [Image: AWCC Logo]How To Apply To The AWCC AmeriCorps Program The AWCC AmeriCorps Program is always looking for individuals that are willing to serve for 11 months and give back to their communities. If you are interested in becoming part of the program, feel free to download the more detailed "AWCC Position Description" and/or the "AWCC AmeriCorps Member Year 1 Application." |
| [Image: j]AWCC Hosts Booth at State Fair Come by the "World of Wonder" booth at the AgCenter's AgMagic booth at the State Fair of Louisiana. |
| [Image: 1]Avery Island Restoration Planting Volunteers from across southern Louisiana met at Avery Island to help transplant marsh grass. |
| [Image: 3]Northern Louisiana AWCC Members Wetland Conservation is not just a coastal issue. Check out the members serving in North Louisiana! |
| [Image: 1]AWCC Members Meet Governor AWCC members Ethan Graves and Alicia Scallan present Governor Jindall with bat boxes and wood duck boxes that will be used in later restoration projects. |
| [Image: AWCC logo]America's Wetland Conservation Corps The AWCC is made up of 18 AmeriCorps members working throughout Louisiana (from Caddo to Lafourche Parish) to promote wetland conservation and environmental awareness through volunteerism and outreach education. |
| [Image: 5]Volunteer Opportunity in New Orleans The AWCC is looking for volunteers to help restore City Park New Orleans any day between May 11-15. |
| [Image: 1]Who needs the Beach?! Spend spring break with AWCC College students from California and Vermont volunteer with the AWCC to help restore Bayou St. John. |
| [Image: j]Volunteer to help the AWCC Restore Marsh The AWCC will be leading a group of volunteers plant marsh grass at Big Branch National Wildlife Refuge near Lacombe, LA. |
| [Image: pic]Members in Action! AWCC Members Justin Trahan and Ethan Graves put on great projects! |
| [Image: All]Pitching in to Help 4-H Camp AWCC AmeriCorps members partnered with AmeriCorps members from ULL to help with a variety of renovation projects at 4-H Camp Grant Walker. |
| [Image: ML]Lafayette Members Teach Fishing Clinic Three AWCC members serving in Lafayette assisted with a 4-H fishing clinic |
| [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. |
| [Image: pic]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. |
| [Image: jb]Help the AWCC Install Christmas Tree Fencing AWCC to Intall Christmas Tree Sand Fences |
| [Image: 1]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! |
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| [Image: box]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! |
| 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. |
| Restoration Planting at Rockefeller Refuge AWCC members participated in a restoration planting event at Rockefeller Refuge on May 18th. The members planted a half mile stretch of canal bank with Spartina Alterniflora to help stabalize the bank and minimize erosion. |
| Rockefeller Training: May 2007 AWCC members attended wetland training at Rockefeller Refuge from May 16 to 18th, 2007. |
| Camp Azzie America's Wetland Conservation Corps members will be assisting at Camp Azzie, a camp for children with asthma. The camp runs from July 15 to July 19, 2007. |
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