Visit the International Petroleum Museum and Exposition in Morgan City, Louisiana...the only place in the world where the general public can walk on an authentic offshore drilling rig! At this web site you can learn more about crude oil, and the history of how it has been produced.

Other oil and gas musuems and reference sources

Learn how DNR is helping to clean up our bays, bayous and rivers by removing underwater obstructions.

Louisiana Atchafalaya Basin Largest River Swamp in America

Atchafalaya Basin Education Toolbox: Five Lessons for 8th Grade Social Studies  Louisiana eighth-graders can learn about an extraordinary wet and wild area in the very heart of our state -- the Atchafalaya Basin. DNR’s Atchafalaya Basin Program offers a five-part learning tool to help students know more about this remarkable and most productive habitat for fish and wildlife. To view these lessons, click here.

www.AmericasWetland.com

An entire Web site devoted to Louisiana's vanishing resource: America's Wetland...visit it today, and get involved!

Rainwater Blues Video
Did you know that the largest contributor to water pollution in Louisiana is Nonpoint Source Pollution?!

The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, Coastal Management Division has produced an educational video "Rainwater Blues" about what you can do to help keep Louisiana’s waters clean. This video is an especially good educational tool for teachers and civic leaders and is ideal for showing in natural science classrooms, environmental science gatherings and public meetings.

Louisiana Wetlands Functions and Values CD-ROM This CD-ROM includes educational presentations that cover wetlands functions and values, coastal wetlands land loss and restoration, the Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) and wetlands conservation opportunities statewide. It is an excellent educational tool for students ranging from the 6th - 12th grades. There are no available copies of the CD at this time. However, DNR will reprint and make available to the public in Spring 2004. Contact: DNR at 1-800-267-4019, or on the Internet at www.lacoast.gov.

Louisiana Coastal Facts, a great two-page summary of important facts about population, marsh acreage, commerce, fishing, eco-tourism and other pertinent areas of interests to students!

Restoration Program Background
Provides information on major causes of wetland loss, valuable resources provided by the wetlands, current coastal restoration programs, coastal restoration project implementation, and project types.

Coastal Kids Corner
Louisiana has an abundance of natural resources, including 40% of the coastal wetlands of the lower 48 states. However, this resource is disappearing at a rapid rate. Louisiana has lost up to 40 square miles annually to coastal and wetlands erosion. Visit the lacoast.gov site funded by CWPPRA ...coloring books, teaching guides, animal quiz, bird identification test, slide shows, animations, maps, and much more!

Kermit Goes to Washington: Joins Congress to Save Coast, Conserve Wildlife Want to hear what Kermit has to say about the Louisiana wetlands? Click here to listen to Kermit (248KB WAV)

Factoids about the Christmas Tree Program in Coastal Restoration
The use of Christmas trees in Louisiana coastal projects originated from a similar erosion-control technique created in the Netherlands.

Coast 2050: Planning the Louisiana coast for future generations
Louisiana is embarking on the development of a strategic plan to protect and sustain the state's coastal resources for future generations.

Aerial seeding project for coastal restoration takes off Dispersing seeds from the air to help plants grow on barrier islands and in the marshes breaks from traditional planting methods, and that's progress!