Chapters in Louisiana

BIRTHDAYS, BOGS, BOLETES, BAYGALLS, BIRDS, BUTTERFLIES, BOTANICAL BLISS, BIG FOOT, BATES MOTEL, BIOBLITZ: 

The 35th Annual BBBBB

Friday, April 4, 2025

2 pm: Scouting for Sat tours and Allen Acres tour

6 pm-till:  Supper and Power Point Presentations. Net-working, etc.  Allen Acres (For directions, see below).  We also will count fireflys and go sheeting (mothing), spider eyes, and maybe hear owls, and ?

Saturday, Apil 5, 2025:

8 am:  "Forest Service Traditional BBBBB" WE are planning to visit pitcher plant bogs, upland areas, and other ecosystems.  Hope to see Oklahoma grass pink orchid and ?

12-130 pm Lunch Break and Birthday Blast for Charles Allen and Laura Simmons and ? 

130 PM “Afternoon Field Trip” See 8 am above.  We are planning to visit pitcher plant bogs, upland areas, and other ecosystems. 

6:00 pm till: Power-Point Presentations, net-working, etc. We also will count fireflys and go sheeting (mothing), spider eyes, and maybe hear owls, and ?

Sunday April 6, 2025:

8 am: “Sunday Morning Field Trip” Allen Acres hike or?

* During the weekend, we will continue our bioblitz by adding any new species to the cumulative Allen Acres list

For more information, contact Dr. Charles Allen or Susan Allen 337-328-2252 email native@camtel.net.  You are invited to stay in the B and B (www.allenacresbandb.com) at a special $80 rate per night. 

Directions to Allen Acres: From the east sides of the state, get on La 10 going west out of Oakdale and follow La 10 thru Elizabeth and Pitkin and then six miles past Pitkin, you will enter Cravens.  In Cravens you will turn south (left) onto La 399. La 399 is just east of the two stores in Cravens.  If you are coming from the west, you will turn onto La 10 at Pickering and follow La 10 just south of Ft Polk and continue east for about 15 miles.  After entering Cravens, watch for the store on the right and then turn right onto La 399.  Now all are on La 399, follow it south for 1.8-1.9 miles and in a sharp curve to the left, turn right into our driveway.  If you are coming from the south, get on La 112 (an east-west road) just se of DeRidder and turn north onto La 399.  You will travel north on La 399 for six miles and turn left into Allen Acres.   

Presentation will cover internet sources that cover plant identification in Louisiana, and the adjoining states of Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi plus regional and national ones.  Artificial intelligence sources like inaturalist, seek and more will be covered.  And, resources like Weakley’s Flora, USDA, Bonap, Southeastern Flora, and more will be covered.  

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Monthly Board of Directors meeting

This is a quarterly meeting for members and the public. The presentation will be geared towards high school students and of interest to adults.  Catherine Fox,  LSU-Ag Extension Associate will be talking about the 4-H Youth Program  overall and about the 4-H Wetlands Ambassadors which is the statewide leadership opportunity for high school students with an interest in natural resources and conservation.  The 4-H Youth Wetlands Program engages Louisiana youth in the state's wetlands through classroom lessons, educator resources, field trips. camps, and other outreach efforts.

Quarterly Member Meeting (open to the public) - speaker to be announced. Will discuss upcoming chapter events and member volunteer opportunities.