Breaux Act Newsflash - Bringing Nature Back

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Bringing Nature Back
Plant a Tree on Arbor Day and Help Restore Wetland Forests at the Audubon
Louisiana Nature Center

Prior to Hurricane Katrina, the Audubon Louisiana Nature Center was named
one of the top five urban nature centers in the United States. The Nature
Center suffered considerable damage from Hurricane Katrina which devastated
its interpretive center, exhibits and the 86 acres of bottomland hardwoods
and bald cypress-tupelo swamp. The swamps were inundated with muddy
saltwater for nearly a month and an estimated 75 percent of the forest was
destroyed. The Nature Center has not reopened to the public since August
2005 and the resident and migrant wildlife that flourished in this area have
not returned in large numbers.

Please volunteer on January 19th to help BRING NATURE BACK.

When: Louisiana Arbor Day - Saturday, January 19th from 1:00pm to 4:00pm

Where: Audubon Louisiana Nature Center, 5600 Read Boulevard, New Orleans
East

Who: The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, Audubon Nature Institute,
Entergy Corporation and Restore America's Estuaries invites all interested
volunteers to participate in a community based habitat restoration project
at the Audubon Louisiana Nature Center in New Orleans East.

What: Volunteers will assist the Coalition and other partners to plant over
1,000 trees in five acres to begin restoration of this devastated forest.

REGISTER NOW
Email Natalie Snider at nsnider@crcl.org or call (888) LACOAST
Please respond by Friday, January 18, 2008

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