NOVEMBER - HIKING at CAT ISLAND
Acadian Group is meeting up with our sister Group over in Baton Rouge for a hike at Cat Island on Saturday, November 22, 2014
Meeting Times are 9:00am for carpoolers at the meetup in Baton Rouge and 10:30 hike leaves Trail Head.
Come and hike with us at Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge near Saint Francisville known for its old growth cypress trees. The weather has cooled a bit. Its a good time for a hike! We will meet at Campus Credit Union at Perkins Rd and Quail Dr for carpooling. Contact Gwen Pine 225-272-5207 if you plan to attend.We may need to reschedule or make alternate plans if roads are too wet. The leisurely walk to the tree on the Big Cypress trail is less than a mile round trip. It is an easy walk because the trail is level and has just been improved. After viewing the tree and surrounding area, we will head to the 2.8 mile Blackfork Walking Trail to observe other interesting flora and fauna. If you prefer, you may opt for a shorter walk, or none at all. Bring mosquito repellent. There are no facilities on Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge.
More details at http://brsierraclub.blogspot.com/2014/11/cat-island-hike-info.html
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Monday, September 15, 2014
Presentation on CWPPRA Coastal Restoration Projects
Sierra Club Acadian Group, Guest presentation
Date/Time: Wednesday, Sept 17, 6:30 pm
Location: First United Methodist Church, 703 Lee Ave, Lafayette, LA 70501
Join us on at 6:30pm on September 17th at the United Methodist Church located at 701 Lee Avenue to learn more about Louisiana’s current coastal wetlands restoration efforts. Team members from the CWPPRA – The Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act – public outreach committee will join us to discuss various techniques used to protect, preserve, and restore Louisiana’s fragile wetland ecosystems.
CWPPRA is federal legislation enacted to identify, engineer and design, and fund the construction of coastal wetlands restoration projects. These projects provide for the long-term conservation of wetlands and dependent fish and wildlife populations. Projects funded by CWPPRA are cost-effective ways of restoring, protecting, and enhancing coastal wetlands. CWPPRA has a proven track record of superior coastal restoration science and monitoring techniques in Louisiana.
Since 1990, the net Louisiana wetland area that CWPPRA has protected, created, or restored is about 100,000 acres. Greater than 426,000 acres have also been enhanced.
As of 2014, CWPPRA has 151 active restoration projects with 101 completed projects, 18 active construction projects, and 33 projects currently in engineering and design. Three (3) of the 33 projects in engineering and design are scheduled for construction during 2014.
The success of the CWPPRA program has been essential in providing critical ecosystem stabilization along Louisiana’s coast and has provided pioneering solutions for land loss.
In addition to the physical land gains made by CWPPRA, this interagency organization has been instrumental in educating the public about Louisiana’s land loss and in fostering public participation in coastal restoration activities. CWPPRA has also provided solid science and background information that helped in the identification and selection of Louisiana Coastal Area Feasibility Study Plan (LCA), Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP), State of Louisiana, and Water Resource Development Act (WRDA) projects. To learn more visitwww.LaCoast.gov
Bio:
Susan Testroet-Bergeron will be joining us to represent the Louisiana’s Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act’s Public Outreach Committee. She will be sharing information about Louisiana’s coastal wetlands restoration efforts.
She has a Bachelor’s of Science in Geology, a Louisiana Teaching Certificate, she is former classroom teacher, and has over 15 years of experience performing education and outreach in the environmental community. She works with several environmental organizations in the State and along the gulf coast helping to provide resources for wetland education.
Date/Time: Wednesday, Sept 17, 6:30 pm
Location: First United Methodist Church, 703 Lee Ave, Lafayette, LA 70501
Join us on at 6:30pm on September 17th at the United Methodist Church located at 701 Lee Avenue to learn more about Louisiana’s current coastal wetlands restoration efforts. Team members from the CWPPRA – The Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act – public outreach committee will join us to discuss various techniques used to protect, preserve, and restore Louisiana’s fragile wetland ecosystems.
CWPPRA is federal legislation enacted to identify, engineer and design, and fund the construction of coastal wetlands restoration projects. These projects provide for the long-term conservation of wetlands and dependent fish and wildlife populations. Projects funded by CWPPRA are cost-effective ways of restoring, protecting, and enhancing coastal wetlands. CWPPRA has a proven track record of superior coastal restoration science and monitoring techniques in Louisiana.
Since 1990, the net Louisiana wetland area that CWPPRA has protected, created, or restored is about 100,000 acres. Greater than 426,000 acres have also been enhanced.
As of 2014, CWPPRA has 151 active restoration projects with 101 completed projects, 18 active construction projects, and 33 projects currently in engineering and design. Three (3) of the 33 projects in engineering and design are scheduled for construction during 2014.
The success of the CWPPRA program has been essential in providing critical ecosystem stabilization along Louisiana’s coast and has provided pioneering solutions for land loss.
In addition to the physical land gains made by CWPPRA, this interagency organization has been instrumental in educating the public about Louisiana’s land loss and in fostering public participation in coastal restoration activities. CWPPRA has also provided solid science and background information that helped in the identification and selection of Louisiana Coastal Area Feasibility Study Plan (LCA), Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP), State of Louisiana, and Water Resource Development Act (WRDA) projects. To learn more visitwww.LaCoast.gov
Bio:
Susan Testroet-Bergeron will be joining us to represent the Louisiana’s Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act’s Public Outreach Committee. She will be sharing information about Louisiana’s coastal wetlands restoration efforts.
She has a Bachelor’s of Science in Geology, a Louisiana Teaching Certificate, she is former classroom teacher, and has over 15 years of experience performing education and outreach in the environmental community. She works with several environmental organizations in the State and along the gulf coast helping to provide resources for wetland education.
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Lectures Series - Oil, Gas, & Land-Loss in the Wetlands
American Energy, Imperiled Coast
Oil and Gas Development in Louisiana’s Wetlands
Explores the tension between Oil & Gas development and the land loss crisis in coastal Louisiana
A Presentation,
Discussion and Book Signing with Jason Theriot
September 10, 2014 at 6:30
pm
First United Methodist Church
703 Lee Ave, Lafayette, LA
Parking at Johnston and Main
Jason Theriot is an energy and environmental historian and consultant and former Energy Policy Fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, earned a doctorate in history from the University of Houston and a degree in journalism from Louisiana State University.
Introduction by Lillian Espinoza-Gala
Presented by Acadian Group of the Sierra Club
http://acadiansierra.blogspot.
First United Methodist Church
703 Lee Ave, Lafayette, LA
Parking at Johnston and Main
Jason Theriot is an energy and environmental historian and consultant and former Energy Policy Fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, earned a doctorate in history from the University of Houston and a degree in journalism from Louisiana State University.
Introduction by Lillian Espinoza-Gala
Presented by Acadian Group of the Sierra Club
http://acadiansierra.blogspot.
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Tunica Hills / Clark Creek Outing
Got a summertime hiking itch that needs scratching? Acadian Group of the Sierra Club can help with that. We're leading a hike at the Clark Creek Natural area on June 14. Members and Friends throughout Louisiana are invited to participate.
Clark Creek Natural Area in the Tunica Hills is a member favorite hiking destination despite being forgivably located just across the state line in Mississippi which was a part of the Delta Chapter in our founding years. This area has waterfalls and hiking trails deep in the Tunica Hills. There are improved steps on the hillsides, on some waterfalls, and most trails are maintained with primitive trails also available.
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Lecture Series: SPECIAL GUEST - DR. RIKI OTT
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Riki Ott, a former commercial fisherwoman, trained marine toxicologist and "accidental activist" since the Exxon Valdez disaster on issues of concern to coastal communities and democracy will be the guest speaker for Acadian Group of the Sierra Club on Wednesday May 21, 2014.
Ott visits the Gulf Coast this month to meet with community organizations to discuss upcoming proposed revisions to the National Contingency Plan, what this means to people who live in areas impacted by these activities, and how to make an official public comment. The Federal Government is preparing revisions to the NCP to direct future disaster response efforts relating to all forms of oil and energy extraction contamination.
Ott will discuss the petitioning drive to Ban the Use of Corexit as an oil remediation tool and her effort to organize communities for a new program called ALERT -A Locally Empowered Response Team - that will gather baseline data to be compared with data after a disaster, and will provide treatment to people who have been chemically exposed.
Look forward to seeing you there!
Please contact us to RSVP so we may plan an appropriate sized room at the church meeting hall to accommodate everyone.
Meeting begins at 6:30pm located at First United Methodist Church, 703 Lee Avenue, Lafayette, LA. Entry to the church hall faces the rear parking lot visible from Johnston Street. Meeting room upstairs on the right. Share this update, and please bring a friend!
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Guest Speaker Update for May 14 Conservation Meeting
Short Notice Update:
Guest speaker for tonight’s (Wed, May 14) meeting of Sierra Club Acadian Group will be Ron Boustany, NRCS Water Quality Researcher working at the Wetlands Center. The meeting will be at the First United Methodist Church at 703 Lee Ave in Lafayette. Meeting time is 6:30 pm.
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
April General Interest Meeting - New Outings
Acadian Group of the Sierra Club selects it's upcoming quarter of recreational outings.
At the General Interest Meeting on Wednesday evening, 4/16 we call for outings recommendations from our members for the May-July quarter. Also members with recreational outing leadership are always welcome to become an Official Outings Leader with the Sierra Club. We offer support for members to become certified.
We'll also update on the Green Army and other environmental bills in the legislature and how to join the action team; update on the Atchafalaya West Levee Bike Path and other trails; update on Lake Fausse Pointe area National Monument proposal; update on Lafayette's Electrical Future partnership with the League of Women Voters, currently in the research phase; next Ecologic TV program, and other issues subject to call. We will also have an informational table during Festival International, corner of Jefferson and Vermilion next to the Boy Scouts.
Share this update, and please bring a friend! First United Methodist Church downtown Lafayette, corner of Johnston and Main. Rear Entry of Church Hall, door on the right, go upstairs and look to the right. We'll also go for dinner at Hub City Diner at your request. See you there!
Also keep up with us on our Facebook Page.
At the General Interest Meeting on Wednesday evening, 4/16 we call for outings recommendations from our members for the May-July quarter. Also members with recreational outing leadership are always welcome to become an Official Outings Leader with the Sierra Club. We offer support for members to become certified.
We'll also update on the Green Army and other environmental bills in the legislature and how to join the action team; update on the Atchafalaya West Levee Bike Path and other trails; update on Lake Fausse Pointe area National Monument proposal; update on Lafayette's Electrical Future partnership with the League of Women Voters, currently in the research phase; next Ecologic TV program, and other issues subject to call. We will also have an informational table during Festival International, corner of Jefferson and Vermilion next to the Boy Scouts.
Share this update, and please bring a friend! First United Methodist Church downtown Lafayette, corner of Johnston and Main. Rear Entry of Church Hall, door on the right, go upstairs and look to the right. We'll also go for dinner at Hub City Diner at your request. See you there!
Also keep up with us on our Facebook Page.
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