Wild Ones Greater Baton Rouge Chapter is centered in East Baton Rouge and serves East and West Baton Rouge, Ascension, Livingston, East Feliciana and West Feliciana, St. Helena and Tangipahoa parishes and surrounding communities in the Loess Plains region of southern Louisiana.
https://greaterbatonrouge.wildones.org/
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https://www.facebook.com/WildOnesgbr/
Wild Ones Pontchartrain Basin Chapter This chapter serves communities in St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington parishes and adjacent areas.
https://pontchartrainbasin.wildones.org/
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https://www.facebook.com/WildOnesPontchartrainBasin/
https://www.instagram.com/WildOnesPontchartrainBasin/
Wild Ones Western Gulf Plain Chapter serves communities in central Louisiana, southeast Texas, and southwest Arkansas.
https://westerngulfplain.wildones.org/
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If you do not find a chapter near you, or if you choose not to be part of a Wild Ones chapter, you may choose to be a Partner At Large (PAL). A PAL is not assigned to a chapter but joins a group of members who work solo in their own communities or simply enjoy the benefits of a Wild Ones membership. Either way – as a chapter member or as a PAL, you receive all the benefits of membership. Join Now!
Upcoming Chapter Events in Louisiana
Gardening Symposium LSU Hilltop Arboretum
Hosted by Wild Ones Greater Baton Rouge ChapterPublic Welcome Family Friendly Seed/Plant Sale Public Restroom Free Public Parking Drinking Fountains
Come visit out WOs table and see our natve plants and seed display.
Internet Sources that Cover Plant Identification by Dr. Charles Allen and Christina Calcaterra
Hosted by Wild Ones Western Gulf Plain ChapterPublic Welcome Will be Recorded Free Event Program/Speaker Presentation
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.
Zoom 4 is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://wildones-org.zoom.us/j/89805172907pwd=vEvY4VkkJ5BYCaI8fI2j477aQdwHo9.1
Meeting ID: 898 0517 2907 Passcode: Q=eC%9
Shopping for Native Plants in the Western Gulf Plain by Jeff and Dawn McMillian
Hosted by Wild Ones Western Gulf Plain ChapterOnline/Virtual
Public Welcome Will be Recorded Program/Speaker Presentation
Presentation will cover native plants that you can find at your store or local nurseries. Almost Eden owner Jeff McMillian will also highlight some of his plants that he has in stock.
Zoom 4 is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://wildones-org.zoom.us/j/85633436521pwd=NPu3gaFt0c9uTNFwnOKffIJ4n5CL7x.1
Meeting ID: 856 3343 6521
Passcode: .Ks0Uu
Annual BBBBBB
Hosted by Wild Ones Western Gulf Plain ChapterPublic Welcome Family Friendly Free Event Home Garden Tour Group Tour Nature Walk/Hike Public Restroom Free Public Parking Lots of Physical Activity Drinking Fountains
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 [email protected]. 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.