CD-ROM Under Construction

The Breaux Act Outreach Committee will release a CD in the fall, but don't look for it at your local record store. Outreach members are overseeing the production of a CD-ROM discussing the Mississippi River Basin and examining the issue of coastal wetlands loss.

The CD-ROM, which at this point is a work in progress, seeks to be entertaining as well as educational. Features include touch-screen technology and computer animation, with much of the material to be written by teachers joining the project this summer. A preview of the CD-ROM received an enthusiastic response at the recent National Science Teacher's convention.

When completed, the multi-media project will be distributed to private and public schools as resources allow. The general public can interact with the CD-ROM at the Audubon Aquarium and at mobile kiosks that will travel around the state of Louisiana. The project is being produced by the Breaux Act Task Force agencies, the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program and the Audubon Aquarium.