Basin Bulletin
PC Receives funding from NOAA to remove derelict crab traps
PC’s boat collecting derelict crab traps, Feb 2019 Pontchartrain Conservancy receives grant to assist crab fishery. Thanks to a NOAA Marine Debris grant, PC, in partnership with the Virginia Institute…
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Surge Consortium workshops held
Breton-Borgne Surge Consortium Workshops Held. PC established two regional “surge consortiums” to promote regional collaboration between parishes, levee boards, municipalities etc. to address hurricane storm surge risk. As Michael Hopkins,…
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PC Hosts Open House for Educators
PC’s new Lighthouse Learning Lab Pontchartrain Conservancy hosts open house for educators in the Basin. On a lovely summer evening, educators from around Pontchartrain Basin attended Pontchartrain Conservancy Educator Open…
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A paper recently published in the Wilson Journal of Ornithology brings new meaning to the name Bird’s Foot Delta.
Clapper Rail Photo: Melanie/Flickr Creative Commons A paper recently published in the Wilson Journal of Ornithology brings new meaning to the name Bird’s Foot Delta. PC’s coalition partners, Restore the…
Read MoreDr. Theryn Henkel talks Caernarvon
The changing landscape around the Caernarvon Freshwater Diversion from 1998 to 2015. Land gain was not visible until 2005. Prior to that Big Mar was filling in with sediment and…
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Reveal of New Educational Opportunities At Upcoming Educator Open House
Educators teach about the Multiple Lines of Defense Strategy for combatting hurricane storm surge. You can learn more about the strategy here. Sand is flying, drills are whirling and excitement…
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Hear It Straight From Our Scientists on Algae
What’s the story with toxic algae? Algae is the foundation of the ecosystem, a primary producer that utilizes the sun’s energy to build cell material. But, “blue green algae”, or…
Read MoreDr. John Lopez Speaks on Unprecedented Changes in our Basin
An excerpt from PC’s ongoing Hydrocoast Map Series that documents environmental changes seen within the Pontchartrain Basin. The series is updated biweekly and you can receive it via email by…
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Thank you to AmeriCorps
All four of our 2018-2019 AmeriCorps Members. Education Assistant Laine Farber (top left), Coastal Program Volunteer Coordinator and Field Science Tech Eden Krolopp (top right), Outreach Coordinator Briana Cervantes (bottom…
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Spillways and Floodways
Why do we open the spillway and what does it affect? Update Click to hear it straight from our scientist Picture of a previous Bonnet Carre Spillway opening courtesy of the…
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