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Improved Dune Plants Goal Of AgCenter Research
Students dig up sea oats

Hundreds of sea oat plants bent in the breeze on a sandy beach as LSU AgCenter researchers walked among them, looking for plants with potential to help stem erosion on Louisiana’s Gulf Coast.

Wood Duck Boxes
Getting Ready

An AWCC member led a team to install wood duck boxes along the Vermillion River.

Install Wood Duck Boxes in Vermilion Parish
Delta Waterfowl

The AWCC, the Vermillion Chapter of Delta Waterfowl, the LSU AgCenter, and the Abbeville High School Industrial Arts Dept. have teamed up to construct and place wood duck boxes along Vermilion and are looking for volunteers to assist in the project.

Tree Planting at Nibblets Bluff State Park
Tree Planting

The AWCC AmeriCorps program is looking for extra volunteers to help with a tree planting project at Nibblets Bluff State Park in Vinton, LA.

Atchafalaya River conference brings experts together
(Distributed 01/22/08) Although only about 140 miles long, the Atchafalaya River is the fifth-largest ocean-discharging river in North America, said Dr. Andy Nyman, associate professor of wetland wildlife management in the LSU AgCenter’s School of Renewable Natural Resources.
Coastal Plants Program Vital To Saving Coast
Coastal Plants
(TV News, 1/14/08) Coastal plants are one weapon in the war against coastal erosion. A team of researchers with the LSU AgCenter is breeding grasses that are helping to rebuild disappearing marshlands. (Runtime 1 minute, 59 seconds)
How To Apply To The AWCC AmeriCorps Program
AWCC Logo
The AWCC AmeriCorps Program is always looking for individuals that are willing to serve for 11 months and give back to their communities. If you are interested in becoming part of the program, feel free to download the more detailed "AWCC Position Description" and/or the "AWCC AmeriCorps Member Year 1 Application."
4-H University "Sportsman's Paradise" Class
4-H University
State 4-H members that qualified (in own specific category) for the state level made it to 4-H University.
Beach Sweep
Beach Sweep
The America’s Wetland Conservation Corps is leading a team to help pick up litter as part of the Lake Pontchartrain Beach Sweep.
Lafitte Terrace Planting Sept. 8th!
Get involved and volunteer to help the America's Wetland Conservation Corps create wetland habitat in Lafitte, Louisiana, on September 8th.
America's WETLAND
America's Wetland
The America's WETLAND Foundation through the Campaign is raising awareness of the impact of Louisiana's wetland loss and increase support for efforts to conserve and save coastal Louisiana.
AmeriCorps
AmeriCorps
AmeriCorps is a network of local, state, and national service programs that connects more than 70,000 Americans each year in intensive service to meet our country’s critical needs in education, public safety, health, and the environment.
Lafitte Terrace Planting
Boat
On August 4th, 2007, the AWCC and a group of community volunteers gathered in Lafitte, LA to help plant marsh grass on newly constrcted terraces.
Restoration Planting at Rockefeller Refuge
Group
AWCC members participated in a restoration planting event at Rockefeller Refuge on May 18th. The members planted a half mile stretch of canal bank with Spartina Alterniflora to help stabalize the bank and minimize erosion.