Breaux Act Newsflash - Volunteers needed for Youth Wetlands Trash Bash
Youth Wetlands Week Trash BashApril 18, 2009
9:00 a.m. to Noon
We're looking for volunteers to give back to Baton Rouge for Youth Wetlands
Week and Earth Day!
By helping pick up trash you will prevent it from being discharged into our
watersheds and wetlands, improving water quality and the beauty of the area.
What: Trash Bash
Where: City Park Lake Parking Lot, LSU Lakes (parking lot is located on May
Dr. between Dalrymple Dr. and East Lakeshore).
When: 9 a.m. - Noon
We will break the volunteers into groups to pick up trash from 9:00-10:30
a.m. Following the cleanup there will be informational booths for the kids!
To register: email Ashley Mullens at awmullens@agcenter.lsu.edu
Please bring: Closed-toes shoes, sunscreen, clothes for the weather, and a
desire to give back to Baton Rouge!
For more information: Contact the Youth Wetlands Week Program Manager,
Ashley Mullens at awmullens@agcenter.lsu.edu or the America's Wetland
Conservation Corps Program Manager, Hilary Collis at
hcollis@agcenter.lsu.edu
The Youth Wetlands Education and Outreach Program provides hands-on
wetland-related educational lessons to teachers and organizes service
projects for Louisiana youth and adult volunteers. Fore more information,
see the program website at www.lsuagcenter.com/yww.
Sponsors: LSU AgCenter, Louisiana 4-H, Louisiana Department of Natural
Resources, Louisiana Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration, America's
WETLAND Conservation Corps, BREC.