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“If you go down to the woods today …” you’ll be better off with an understanding of Basic Field Skills! That was the purpose of LMN-NE’s July 18th workshop at Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge. This five hour course is supposed to help participants derive greater value from their nature expeditions and as we […]

Rooted in Discovery: LMN-NE explores the Kisatchie National Forest in Dr. Charles Allen’s Plants Workshop. June 18, 2026

By Charles Paxton. Photos by Kim & Charles Paxton I think we all appreciate the importance of plants as primary producers in our food web, we simply wouldn’t survive without them. Sadly plants are disappearing faster than science can keep up with documenting and protecting them according to an article in The Times (Kew’s 300-year-old […]

Arboretum Walk and Grey Foxes Talk May 29, 2026

A very pleasant gathering of 26 people met for our Q2 Member’s meeting events on Saturday May 23 at Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge’s Conservation Learning Center to embark on a tour with celebrated nature writer and Wildlife Protected Area Manager, Kelby Ouchley. You will likely have heard him read on KDEM radio from […]

2026 Birds Workshop Fantastic! May 16, 2026

We greatly enjoyed today’s Birds workshop 2026 with Professor Terri Maness of LA Tech University and her student assistant, Holly, in Ruston, Louisiana. Sensibly, the activities began with us doing the field portion of the workshop first, in the cooler part of the day when the birds would be more active. We gathered at 9.00 […]

Prairie Bioblitz Walk and Talk May 4, 2026

(Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge. May 2, 2026) Our Black Bayou Lake Prairie Trail Walk and Talk was a wonderful experience. The purpose was to meet up with WFS Interns Karen and Camryn who are studying pollinators at the refuge with the American Conservation Experience program. We planned an informal walk and talk around […]

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