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.
Location:
First Methodist
Church - Lafayette, Louisiana, corner of Lee/Main/Johnston downtown.
Meeting Hall upstairs, enter through rear doors facing parking lot.
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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.
On this third anniversary of the Macondo disaster we can honor not only the 11 who died, but the 115 who survived and all of those who continue to work on this new ultra-deep water, ultra-high pressure frontier. 
John Turley began his offshore career as a company man for Tenneco out of Lafayette, Louisiana. He has worked as Gulf Coast drilling manager, operations manager, manager of worldwide drilling, and VP of engineering & technology for Marathon Oil. His academics include petroleum engineering at the Colorado School of Mines, ocean engineering at the University of Miami, and executive education at Harvard Business School. For additional information, see Mr. Turley's Website: JohnTurleyWriter.com