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Improved Dune Plants Goal Of AgCenter Research
Students dig up sea oats

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.

The Louisiana Master Farmer Program
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The Louisiana Master Farmer Program helps agricultural producers voluntarily address the environmental concerns related to production agriculture, as well as enhancing their production and resource management skills that will be critical for the continued viability of Louisiana agriculture.

2008 Bayou Fest Trash Bash: Help Save Louisiana's Wetlands One Piece of Trash at a Time!
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Help save Louisiana's wetlands one piece of trash at a time. At 9:00 A.M. on October 5, AWCC member Amber Latiolais and Shelley Martin will host a Trash Bash at Vermilionville in Lafayette. Trash pickups are an easy way to help protect Louisiana's wetlands from non-point source pollution and better the water quality. Plus, who likes seeing trash stack up in a picturesque wetland landscape?! All you need to bring is yourself and as many friends as you want. Any volunteers will be grac

AWCC Rockefeller Planting 2008
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Rockefeller Planting 2008: In late May, AWCC members from around the state teamed up once again to try to protect Louisiana's coast. Approxiamately 18 AWCC members planted 4,000 plugs of Spartina Alterniflora. The marshgrass was planted in Pecan Island on the terraces owned by the Vermillion Corps. Thank you to Judge Edwards for allowing us on his property and to Mark Shirley for providing oversight of the event.

Tree Planting at Jimmie Davis State Park
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Two AWCC Members are organizing a Bald Cypress Tree Planting on Aug. 11th at Jimmie Davis State Park
Building Bat Boxes for the Lafayette Zoo
AWCC members and volunteers will be building and planing bat boxes at the Lafayette Zoo on Friday July 25, 2008.
Southeast LA AWCC Members
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Members serving in Southeast LA for 2008
Southwest Louisiana AWCC Members
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Members serving in Southwest LA for 2008
Marsh Restoration Terace Planting
AWCC Members need volunteers to help plant marsh grass in Cameron Parish
North Louisiana AWCC Members
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2008 AWCC Members serving in North Louisiana
Wood Duck Boxes
Getting Ready
An AWCC member led a team to install wood duck boxes along the Vermillion River.
INVASIVE INSECT SPECIES
Power point on invasive species.
Install Wood Duck Boxes in Vermilion Parish
Delta Waterfowl
The AWCC, the Vermillion Chapter of Delta Waterfowl, the LSU AgCenter, and the Abbeville High School Industrial Arts Dept. have teamed up to construct and place wood duck boxes along Vermilion and are looking for volunteers to assist in the project.
Tree Planting at Nibblets Bluff State Park
Tree Planting
The AWCC AmeriCorps program is looking for extra volunteers to help with a tree planting project at Nibblets Bluff State Park in Vinton, LA.