AWARDS
June 9, 2010. Founder receives Coastal stewardship award.
BATON ROUGE, LA.
For the Bayou founder, Elizabeth Goodwin Welborn, recently received an award by the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana recognizing For the Bayou’s work in Louisiana’s coastal restoration efforts. Generally, Stewardship Award recipients are residents of Louisiana. Welborn, formerly of South Louisiana that now resides in the Bay Area, was recognized as a “Friend of the Coalition” through For the Bayou’s work in raising both money and awareness for Louisiana’s wetlands and coastal crisis. The keynote speaker at the banquet was James Carville, also a Louisiana native, and America’s best known political consultant.
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San Francisco Chronicle (Sept. 23, 2009) “Cajun Cup Raises Funds for Louisiana’s Wetlands”: Click Here
7×7 (Aug. 31, 2009) “For the Bayou Polo Benefit”: Click Here
SF Examiner (Sept. 1, 2009) “A Benefit for the Bayou”: Click Here
944 (Aug. 22, 2009) “1st Annual Cajun Cup”: Click Here
Cajun Cup – Polo For the Alligators (Aug. 22, 2009) Video by Drew Altizer: Click Here
Blues Festival Guide 2009 (May 2009) “Blues Goes Green”, (pages 74, 75) by James Curt Byrum: Click Here
Houma Courier Newspaper (May 8, 2009 – Houma, LA) “5 volunteer efforts that need your time”: Click Here
Houma Courier Newspaper, The Daily Comet (March 1, 2009 – Houma & Thibodaux, LA) “San Francisco resident rallies support for LA wetlands”: Click Here
SFLuxe (Feb. 10, 2009) Headline, “For the Bayou”: Click Here
KTVU, Channel 2, San Francisco, Feature Story (Feb. 8, 2009) “Local Group Fights to Save Louisiana’s Wetlands”: Click Here
LOUISIANA WETLAND ARTICLES & READS
The Examiner (Sept. 28, 2009) “LA Governor eyes turning Mississippi River delta reconstruction into carbon credit market”: Click Here
National Geographic “Gone with the Water” by Joel K. Bourne, Jr.: Click Here
American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE (April 2006) Louisiana Coastal Wetlands Policy Statement 498: Click Here
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency & U.S. Geologic Survey (April 1987) “Saving Louisiana’s Coastal Wetlands – The Need for a Long Term Plan of Action”: Click Here
Bayou Farewell: The Rich Life and Tragic Death of Louisiana’s Cajun Coast by Mike Tidwell: Click Here
The Rise and Disappearance of Southeast Louisiana by Dan Swenson: Click Here
Houma Courier Newspaper (May 28, 2009) “Bikers Join Fight Against Coastal Land Loss”: Click Here
Miami Herald (June 9, 2009) “Scientists: Global warming has already changed oceans”: Click Here
LOUISIANA ECOTOURISM INFORMATION
Explore & Play in Louisiana’s Outdoors: Click Here
OTHER WEBSITES
The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana: www.crcl.org
Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program: www.btnep.org
Voice of the Wetlands: www.voiceofthewetlands.org
Gulf Restoration Network: www.healthygulf.org
LaCoast: www.lacoast.gov
USGS National Wetlands Research Center: www.nwrc.usgs.gov
Restore or Retreat: www.restoreorretreat.org
Bayou Grace: www.bayougrace.org
P.A.C.E. (Parishes Against Coastal Erosion): www.paceonline.org