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Coastal Crew Training Mtg.

 

Sat. Nov. 19

Treasure Fest 

 

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LPBF Board of Directors Mtg

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November 2011

Treasure Fest 2011
Treasure fest Come see LPBF at Treasure Fest sponsored by Treasure Chest Casino on Saturday, November 19th at the Treasure Chest Casino (Williams Blvd. @ Lake Pontchartrain).  Live music by Contra Flow, Mojeaux, and Rockin' Dopsie along with The Swamp People signing autographs.  There will be great food and fun! LPBF will be selling water and merchandise and giving out information on our Lake.  All proceeds benefit the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation.  Hope to see you there!

Click here for more information or call (504)836-2205.

Cypress Swamp Restoration Project
cypress planting
photo by Times-Picayune
The Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation partnered with the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana on November 1, 2, & 3 to do a cypress swamp restoration project near the Caernarvon Diversion in Plaquemines Parish. This project promotes a healthy cypress forest on land that has been accumulating from sediment outflow from the Caernarvon Diversion.  The restored cypress forest will provide critical habitat for wildlife and provide storm protection to the adjacent marsh and communities. Volunteers canoed out to the planting site and planted cypress trees from the canoes along the marsh edge. Hundreds of bald cypress trees were planted on November 2 and November 3.
Basics of the Basin Symposium 2011
The tenth biennial Basics of the Basin Symposium 2011 was held on October 27-29 at Southeastern Louisiana University Campus in Hammond, La. The event offered a variety of technical preseBOB 2011with Vitter ntations covering topics on the Bonnet Carre Opening, North Shore, wetlands, and river diversions. The keynote speaker for Thursday was LA Senator David Vitter. Friday's keynote speaker was Mark Schleifstein, environmental reporter for the Times Picayune. 
How Do You Enjoy Our Lake?
From swimming to fishing or biking along Lakeshore Drive, Lake Pontchartrain can be enjoyed in many ways.  Send us a picture of how you enjoy our Lake and it will be included in the next issue of LPBF's publication of Lake & Coast.  Email pictures to angelak@saveourlake.org.
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