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| Since The Beginning | www.alligatorbayou.com |
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Mastodon bones? A day in the life of a Native American living in a 3,500-year-old village built across from Alligator Bayou? Kids tracking migratory birds along north-south flyways in the Western Hemisphere? Ecosystems linked across a 4,700-square-mile estuary? These are just a few of the topics included in a seven-chapter publication to be printed in the spring of 2001: "Reclaiming Our Heritage: An Educator's Guide to Alligator Bayou and the Spanish Lake Basin." It will be made available to teachers in Ascension, East Baton Rouge and Iberville parishes who want to take part in a program of boat tours and guided walking tours taking place at Alligator Bayou in the spring and fall of 2001. Funded by the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, the program is designed for 960 fifth through eighth grade students attending schools in the tri-parish area. The guide contains a great deal of exciting information that was researched by us and is now being published for the first time. The educator's guide focuses on the conservation work being done by BSWR, along with basin history, geology, hydrology, ecology and other science-based disciplines. The Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation has prepared challenging, fun activities for students to do both on-site and in the classroom. Contact us if your school is interested in this project (info@alligatorbayou.com). Press releases will be issued in early 2001 inviting tri-parish teachers and students to participate. |