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ANPP Volunteers
Nov 1, 20231 min read
De Sha Lee - Bronze Louisiana Certified Habitat
ANPP congratulates De Sha Lee of Duson in Lafayette Parish for her Bronze level Louisiana Certified Habitat.
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Lawrence Rozas
Nov 1, 20234 min read
Invasive Plant of the Month - Sawtooth Oak
Sawtooth Oak, Quercus acutissima, is a deciduous, medium size (65’ tall) tree native to Asia.
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Lawrence Rozas
Oct 4, 20232 min read
Invasive Plant of the Month: Yellow Flag Iris, Iris pseudacorus
by Lawrence Rozas This is the first installment of what I hope will become a regular feature of the monthly newsletter. My purpose for...
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ANPP Volunteers
Oct 1, 20231 min read
Featured Native Plant Advocates - Abbie Judice and Mark Hernandez
Abbie and Mark are advocates for native plants at Moncus Park, a 100-acre nonprofit park conservancy in midtown Lafayette.
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ANPP Volunteers
Oct 1, 20231 min read
Jessica Thornton - Gold Louisiana Certified Habitat
ANPP congratulates Jessica Thornton of Rayne in Acadia Parish for the gold level Louisiana Certified Habitat on her property.
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Lawrence Rozas
Oct 1, 20233 min read
Invasive Plant of the Month - Yellow Flag Iris
This is the first installment of articles to feature invasive plants of Louisiana.
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Vilma Fernandez
Aug 20, 20232 min read
Native Plant Advocate of the Month: Dr. Brandon Ballengee
Dr. Brandon Ballengee is an Artist and Biologist living in the country near Cecilia with his wife Aurore, a Sustainable food Educator and...
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Vilma Fernandez
Aug 20, 20231 min read
Featured Native Plant Advocate and Volunteer: Gail Evans
Featured Native Plant Advocate and Volunteer: Gail Evans Gail Evans is a passionate promoter of native plants and pollinators. After ...
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Dona Weifenbach
Jul 1, 20231 min read
Featured Native Plant Advocate - Heather Warner-Finley
Congratulations and welcome to Heather Warner-Finley, an original ANPP founding member and our new president
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ANPP Volunteers
Jul 1, 20231 min read
Cindy Boudreaux - Silver Louisiana Certified Habitat
In 1997, Cindy and her husband bought 11 acres which they thought was a beautiful piece of land planted with rye grass—NOT!
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ANPP Volunteers
Jul 1, 20231 min read
Acadian Odyssey Memorial Park in Loreauville - Bronze Louisiana Certified Habitat
The Loreauville Acadian Odyssey Monument Park is located at 119 Bridge St., Loreauville, LA.
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Dona Weifenbach
Jul 1, 20231 min read
Eustoma exaltatum, Catchfly Prairie Gentian
The first time I saw this beautiful plant was in a Cameron Parish drainage ditch between an abandoned parking lot and coastal marsh near ...
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ANPP Volunteers
Jul 1, 20231 min read
Eric Vanbergen and Ascension Episcopal School
This Cajun Prairie-themed pollinator garden is a bronze-level LCH that was planted by Eric in 2019 when he was a high school student there.
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ANPP Volunteers
Jul 1, 20231 min read
Cindy Boudreaux Silver Louisiana Certified Habitat
In 1997, Cindy and her husband bought 11 acres which they thought was a beautiful piece of land planted with rye grass—NOT!
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ANPP Volunteers
Jun 1, 20231 min read
Aimee LaFleur - Bronze Louisiana Certified Habitat
ANPP congratulates Aimee LaFleur on her bronze-level certified habitat!
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Kelly Guilbeau
Jun 1, 20231 min read
Erin Bass - Bronze Louisiana Certified Habitat
ANPP congratulates Erin Bass for her bronze-certified habitat in the Comeaux Place neighborhood near downtown Lafayette.
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Dona Weifenbach
Jun 1, 20231 min read
Featured Native Plant Advocate - Larry Allain
I met Larry Allain in Dr. Mike Zavada's Paleobotany class in graduate school in the early 1990's.
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ANPP Volunteers
Jun 1, 20231 min read
Larry Allain - Gold Louisiana Certified Habitat
ANPP congratulates Larry Allain for his gold certified habitat, Cajun Prairie Farm, in Arnaudville in St. Landry Parish.
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ANPP Volunteers
Jun 1, 20231 min read
Brian Gaspard - Louisiana Certified Habitat
Brian and his family reside in rural Vermilion Parish.
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