A staff person from Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries' Noxious Plant Program, an $8 million program to control water hyacinth and giant salvinia, will be a guest speaker at the next Conservation Meeting of the Acadian Group of the Sierra Club on Wednesday June 19. We have invited the department to send a representative to listen to community concerns on this issue and present information on their program.Citizens have expressed concerns regarding the use of herbicides on aquatic and shoreline plants in and around public bodies of water in the state. Some expressed concerns include human health impacts, impacts to wildlife especially birds, as well as total habitat availability along the shoreline and systemic ecological effects. Our organization recently was made aware of a concern at Lake Martin where shorelines have been sprayed on an ongoing basis. Our recreational outing for the month of May to the Lake followed on a member's presentation so that we could investigate further.
We will also be hosting a special visit from the young people of Ride for the Future who are traveling exclusively by bicycle from New Orleans to Houston to explore and highlight stories of the effects, challenges and solutions stemming from use of fossil fuels, environmental justice, and sustainable strategies for development and clean energy.
Our meeting starts promptly at
6:30pm. All members, friends of the Sierra Club, and the general public
are welcomed to attend, listen, and participate.
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