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St. Landry 4-H Junior Leaders Are Wild Over Wetlands

Swamp Tour
Top Row (Left to Right): Jonah Lagrange, Alia Stelly, Sarah Morrow, Brooke Prather, James Prather, Les Miguez, Gabe Stelly and Attie StellyBottom Row (Left to Right): Mallory Wyble, Holly Guilbeau and Tyler Dean
The St. Landry Parish 4-H Junior Leadership Club selected Louisiana Wetlands as their service learning project this year.  Throughout the year, they have been educating themselves and other 4-H’ers about the importance of our wetlands and steps we can take to conserve and restore our wetlands.
 
As part of their education, the club members had various guest speakers at their club meetings throughout the year and took a field trip to Henderson and Lafayette for an Atchafalaya Swamp Tour and tour of the National Wetlands Research Center. They developed an educational wetlands exhibit for presentations, as well as educational workshops for parish 4-H’ers to learn about wetlands.

Service projects the club members have conducted include collecting acorns from live oak trees for Acorns of Hope project and distributing live oak seedling trees to parish 4-H’ers to plant. They also are planning an upcoming marsh grass planting and beach sweep at Port Fourchon.
Last Updated: 5/15/2009 9:28:10 AM

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