4-H University will be held on June 19-22, 2012 in Baton Rouge on LSU's Campus. Check here for more information on this 4-H event .

This report provides information about funding sources, program highlights for the area and local issues that are being faced by the parish with assistance from the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service.

The 2012 4-H Achievement Day will be held on April 5, 2012, at Breaux Bridge High School. Listed here are opportunities, activities and exhibit contests in which 4-H Club members may participate.

The St. Martin Parish 4-H Cloverbud Gazette is a monthly 4-H newsletter for third graders. It provides information about upcoming events, dates and activities available to club members.

The St. Martin Parish 4-H Bayou Gazette is the monthly 4-H newsletter for 4th-12th graders. It provides information about upcoming events, dates and activities available to club members.

The 2012 St. Martin Parish Broiler Show was held on February 8. Fifteen exhibitors showed their top three birds as a pen. The results of the show are here.

On February 4, 2012, St. Martin Parish 4-H'ers participated in Super Saturday Contests: thr Commodity Ambassador Speech Contest, the Beef Cookery Contest, the Seafood Cookery Contest, the Chick-N-Que Contest, the Iron Chef Competition and the Rabbit Show. Results are here.

The 35th Annual District Livestock Show was held on January 25-28, 2012, and 40 St. Martin 4-H members exhibited a total of 95 beef, dairy, sheep, goat and swine animals. Results are here.

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The St. Martin Parish 4-H and FFA Livestock Show was held on January 13-14, 2012. Forty-one members exhibited a total of 96 beef, dairy, sheep, goat and swine animals. Results are here.

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4-H Super Saturday Events include an Iron Chef Competition, Bar B Que Chicken Contest, Ground Beef and Seafood Cookery Contest, and a Rabbit Show. Here are the 4th - 12th Grade Rules and Regulations for contests.

4-H Super Saturday Events include a Bar B Que Chicken Contest, Ground Beef and Seafood Cookery Contest, and a Rabbit Show. Here are Cloverbud Rules and Regulations for contests.

Monthly 4-H Club meeting schedule of the 4-H Clubs in St. Martin Parish for the 2011-2012 school year. Dates and times are subject to change.

St. Martin Parish 4-H Club officers participated in 4-H Officer Training Workshops taught by 4-H Junior Leader Club members.

St. Martin Parish 4-H members submitted entries for the 2011-2012 4-H Camp "Catch Phrase for Camp" Contest.

The Third Annual St. Martin Parish 4-H Fall Fest was held on November 5, 2011, and included a pet show, sugar and rice cookery contests and a decorated pumpkin contest.

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Learn more about demographic information for St. Martin Parish as well as links to parish entities.

4-H University was held in Baton Rouge at LSU on June 21-24, 2011. Thirty-six 4-H members from St. Martin participated and competed.

Forty-six members of the St. Martin 4-H Shooting Sports Team traveled to Grand Cane, La. and Shreveport, La. to participate in the State 4-H Shooting Sports State Match on April 29 - May 1, 2011.

More than 100 dishes were entered in 13 divisions from 10 parishes at the contest on March 31, 2011, held in Crowley, La. Twelve 4-H'ers representing St. Martin Parish participated.

On April 1-3, 2011, 4-H'ers gathered in Lake Charles, La. to participate in the 4-H Southern Regional Shoot.

St. Martin Parish 4-H Shooting Sports members participated in the 8th Annual Southeastern District Shooting Sports Competition held in Gonzales, La., on March 21, 2011.

St. Martin Parish 4-H Club members completed their 4-H portfolio and project books for judging. These 766 4-H Club members were eligible to participate in 4-H Achievement Day. Results are attached.

St. Martin Parish 4-H Shooting Sports was well represented at the Third Annual Crying Eagle Invitational held in Lake Charles, La. on Feb. 26, 2011

Louisiana Wildlife News is a bimonthly publication intended to serve as an outlet for wildlife issues relevant to Louisiana and the Southeast. In addition to current news events, profiles on specific plant, wildlife and nuisance wildlife species are included in each issue.