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UPDATE: Due to continuing COVID-19 concerns, GOMA has decided to switch the Team Mid-Year Meetings on September 21-23, 2021, to a virtual-only format. If you have registered to attend in person you will automatically be transferred to a virtual registration. No action is necessary from you to change your registration status. If you have made travel arrangements (hotel, flights and/or car rentals), please remember to cancel your reservations.
We are disappointed that we will be unable to meet in person, but your safety is our top priority. We appreciate your understanding and look forward to engaging in productive virtual Team meetings.
The Gulf of Mexico Alliance will host Team Mid-Year Meetings on September 21-23, 2021 at the Mississippi Coast Convention Center in Biloxi, Mississippi. This meeting will be hosted in a hybrid format with options to attend in-person or virtually via Zoom.
UPDATE: Responding to the state’s COVID-19 situation, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) has canceled National Hunting and Fishing Day (NHFD) events scheduled for September 25 across Louisiana.
Louisiana’s National Hunting and Fishing Day events are free. Each location’s event varies but all include exhibits on LDWF’s research and conservation efforts, shooting and fishing demonstrations, and exhibits from local chapters of Ducks Unlimited, the Safari Club, and the Coastal Conservation Association, as well as local businesses. Attendees can try their skills at the shooting ranges, fishing ponds, and boating activities and learn about wildlife with live animal demonstrations.
Locations:
- Baton Rouge: Waddill Outdoor Education Center — 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM
- Minden: Bodcau Shooting Range — 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- Monroe: Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge — TBD
- Woodworth: Woodworth Shooting Range — 8:00 AM – 1:30 PM
Tour du Teche 135 is an annual race for canoes, kayaks, pirogues (the traditional Cajun canoe), and SUP’s along the entire length of Bayou Teche in southwestern Louisiana, a total of 135 miles (217 kilometers) including small sections of Bayou Courtableau and the Atchafalaya River. It’s a three-day staged race beginning the first Friday in October.
Louisiana Sea Grant will host an Infographic Challenge Coastal Connections competition at Louisiana State University on Friday, October 29, 2021 at 11:30 a.m. in Dalton J. Woods Auditorium in the Energy, Coast & Environment Building.
In this competition students will use a mixture of visual imagery and text to effectively communicate their research findings. An infographic is a tool that combines imagery, text, and statistical figures to easily convey a subject. They help communicate information quickly and clearly. This Coastal Connections competition will focus on the ability of students to consolidate their ideas, crystalize their research discoveries and share them using the power of visual media.
Pre-register for the competition by October 15
(this is so we know how many posters we will need to print and how many easels to set up)
Shake Your Trail Feather is an annual festival celebrating the 130-mile-long Bayou Teche National Paddle Trail. The 10th Annual Festival will take place on October 16 in scenic Breaux Bridge at Parc des Ponts. Live music in the park starts at noon with crowd favorites Stop the Clock (noon-1:30 p.m.), Bonsoir, Catin (2-3:30 p.m.) and Horace Trahan and the Ossun Express (4- 6 p.m.). The event is free, but we encourage you to buy the annual festival pin to show your support for the Bayou Teche Paddle Trail. Included at the park are kids’ activities, artisans, food and drink and a Heritage Tent with ecological and cultural speakers. We also plan to have a Best Bird costume contest, so come with your beaks and feathers on!
Louisiana Sea Grant will host an Infographic Challenge Coastal Connections competition at Louisiana State University on Friday, October 29, 2021 at 11:30 a.m. in Dalton J. Woods Auditorium in the Energy, Coast & Environment Building.
In this competition students will use a mixture of visual imagery and text to effectively communicate their research findings. An infographic is a tool that combines imagery, text, and statistical figures to easily convey a subject. They help communicate information quickly and clearly. This Coastal Connections competition will focus on the ability of students to consolidate their ideas, crystalize their research discoveries and share them using the power of visual media.
CERF 2021 is Going Virtual!
You and our colleagues will come together to network, celebrate our work, learn from each other, and grow within our amazing field as we endeavor to connect science and society in the collective goals of preserving coastal and estuarine habitats, resources, and heritage. Collaborate and discuss with more than 1,700 scientists and researchers from all over the world.
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) continues its support for an assistantship program called the Coastal Science Assistantship Program (CSAP). This program provides assistantships for up to three years to support Master of Science students both enrolled full-time at Louisiana colleges/universities and involved in science or engineering research relevant to Louisiana coastal protection and restoration efforts.