Basin Bulletin
Pay it Forward for the Next Generation of STEM Professionals
Jennifer Argote (right) with friends taking samples at Bayou St. John in 2005 At Pontchartrain Conservancy, our Education Programming provides students valuable formative experiences that help them become a new…
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Native Plant Initiative GNO Feature
The Native Plant Initiative of GNO Fixed up Our Lighthouse Garden, So We Thought We Tell You More About Them. Just a glilmpse of the wonderful work that the Native…
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Falling with Style (and Intention)
Our Coast & Community Scientists Experiment with a New Approach to Swamp Restoration. Overhead a plane glides across the marsh. It looks like rain, but the sky is bright, and…
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Gaint Salvinia: This time… It’s Personal!
A Staff Encounter With an Invasive Species A volunteer pulls giant salvinia out of Bayou St. John in late winter 2019. Lurking beneath the floating dock at the New Canal…
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Lighthouse Keeping Then & Now
Being a lighthouse keeper is maybe not as dreamy as it sounds & PC continues to serve as a beacon for the basin Located on Lakefront Drive, the New Canal…
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Bonnet Carre Spillway Explained
Why do we open the spillway and what does it affect? Click to hear it straight from our scientist Picture of a previous Bonnet Carre Spillway opening courtesy of the Army…
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What are Microplastics?
Carnival Season, glitter, and a brief explanation on microplastics A front end loader removes trash that was left on Boubon Street after last night’s Mardi Gras Celebration, Early Wednesday morning…
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Celebrating Wetlands and Planting for the Birds
Appreciating all our wetlands do and partnering with Loras College, Camp Hope, and Jefferson Parish Coastal Department to encourage wetland habitat. This weekend the world will take a moment to…
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Atlas: Drawing Our Landscapes
The release of our latest Pontchartrain Estuary Atlas (Year: 2017) The Pontchartrain Estuary may be a mystery for some, but for us, it tells a story that we’re gradually unraveling.…
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Upcoming Curriculum Pilot Program and Cover Art Contest. While there are statewide standards for science in Louisiana, exactly how to teach these principles (aka curriculum) is left up to the…
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