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Sharing The Joy of Birds With Hospice Patients
Bird-Friendly Communities

Sharing The Joy of Birds With Hospice Patients

Donated bird feeders have been delivered to Hospice Home Care

The Louisiana Big Sit! October 12 & 13
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The Louisiana Big Sit! October 12 & 13

— Audubon Louisiana, Baton Rouge Audubon Society and Orleans Audubon Society will be hosting four Big Sit! locations across south Louisiana
Audubon's Dicamba Monitoring Shows Herbicide's Widespread Impact
Working Lands

Results Released from Dicamba Symptomology Monitoring Project

— Audubon's predictions of landscape-scale impacts verified by data
Hurricane Barry was a close-call at the Paul J. Rainey Wildlife Sanctuary
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Hurricane Barry was a close-call at the Paul J. Rainey Wildlife Sanctuary

Tropical systems are an integral part of the south Louisiana ecology, and marshes and wildlife are resilient when appropriate conditions are maintained. Barry was a test of Audubon Louisiana's current efforts at the Paul J. Rainey Wildlife Sanctuary and an indication that techniques like these can reduce storm impact.

Drain Smart 2019 People's Choice Awards Announced
Fourche Creek

2019 Drain Smart Winners

The Drain Smart Committee announced the winners of fifth annual People’s Choice awards.

2019 Drain Smart Meet the Artists Celebration

A woman stands in a gallery next to artwork with text that reads, drains to creek.
Photo: Christian DeVries

Over 200 people attended the 2018 Drain Smart Meet the Artists Celebration at the Heifer Villate on June 27. Guests talked with the artists about their murals, voted for their favorite art, donated to support the project, and learned that you should never litter because trash on the street gets washed into our creeks through storm drains.

Thanks to our caterers: Heifer International, Lost Forty Brewing, and Moon Distributors. THV11's Nathan Scott was the emcee. Thanks also to our 2019 Drain Smart sponsors: Cathead's Diner, Cromwell Architects, Captiol View/Stifft Station Neighborhood Association, Downtown Little Rock Partnership, GBMc, and Ken & Mary Smith. Support for Drain Smart is also provided, in part, by the Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Thanks to Audubon's awesome partners who help make Drain Smart happen: Arkansas Arts Center, Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, Arkansas Department of Transportation, Audubon Arkansas, Central Arkansas Water, City of Bryant, City of Little Rock, City of North Little Rock, Friends of Fourche Creek, Keep Little Rock Beautiful, Little Rock Parks and Recreation, Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority, The Promenade at Chenal, and THV11.

William Dutcher Award Winners
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William Dutcher Award Winners

Coastal Louisiana – A Bird Paradise to be Saved, or Lost Forever?
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Coastal Louisiana – A Bird Paradise to be Saved, or Lost Forever?

A recent paper demonstrates just how significant coastal Louisiana is for supporting massive bird populations. Louisiana ranks #1 in population of Mottled Ducks, Royal Terns, Black Skimmers, Wilson’s Plovers, and many other important species. Louisiana even ranks #1 in the country for its state bird – the Brown Pelican – a species that was eradicated in the 1960s by DDT but is now flourishing due to reintroduction efforts and nesting island restoration.

Drain Smart Aims to Reduce Water Pollution

An interview with artist Marcus Vasquez.

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