Louisiana
Ground Water Resources |
Award-winning film, “Our Lives…Our Water” was produced as an educational tool stressing the importance of environmental stewardship of water resources throughout the state.
Public and private schools, science teachers, and civic leaders have been receiving this video at no cost from the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources since August of 2008.
View the video, and get more news about the Ground Water Resources Program, here!
Louisiana
Coastal Wetlands Resources |
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!
