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Improved Dune Plants Goal Of AgCenter Research
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Hundreds of sea oat plants bent in the breeze on a sandy beach as LSU AgCenter researchers walked among them, looking for plants with potential to help stem erosion on Louisiana’s Gulf Coast.

Volunteer Opportunity in New Orleans
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The AWCC is looking for volunteers to help restore City Park New Orleans any day between May 11-15.

Volunteer to help the AWCC Restore Marsh
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The AWCC will be leading a group of volunteers plant marsh grass at Big Branch National Wildlife Refuge near Lacombe, LA.

Members in Action!
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AWCC Members Justin Trahan and Ethan Graves put on great projects!

Who needs the Beach?! Spend spring break with AWCC [Image: 1]
College students from California and Vermont volunteer with the AWCC to help restore Bayou St. John.
Pitching in to Help 4-H Camp [Image: All]
AWCC AmeriCorps members partnered with AmeriCorps members from ULL to help with a variety of renovation projects at 4-H Camp Grant Walker.
Lafayette Members Teach Fishing Clinic [Image: ML]
Three AWCC members serving in Lafayette assisted with a 4-H fishing clinic
Central La. Members [Image: pic]
There are 9 members serving in central Louisiana for 2009.
AWCC Members Help Out With Youth Wetlands Week [Image: pic]
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 [Image: pic]
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 [Image: jb]
AWCC to Intall Christmas Tree Sand Fences
Install Wood Duck Boxes in Lincoln Parish [Image: box]
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 [Image: trevor]
The AWCC is looking for volunteers to help with a Planting Restoration Project at New Orleans City Park
Splash!: Ocean Commotion 2008 [Image: 1]
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!