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"Jaw-dropping, spine-tingling, breath-taking, eye-opening, consciousness-raising -- heart-breaking. Gorgeous and devastating."
- Eric Overmyer, Producer of 'Treme'

Our Tours

Kayak New Orleans Wetlands

Experience the beauty of cypress tupelo forests while learning about their importance to Louisiana

Barataria and Plaquemines Motor Boat Tours

See dolphins, countless bird species, and remnants of the historic forests of Louisiana.

The Problem

LA_SATELLITE[1]

Since the 1930s levees on the river and canals dredged for oil, gas and shipping have destroyed half of Louisiana’s coastal wetlands – some 2000 square miles. We’re still losing that precious habitat at the rate of 12 to 16 square miles each year.

Seasonal Update:

Posted on Apr. 18, 2013

The  weather is  unseasonably pleasant. Don’t waste it indoors, join us for a kayak tour!

Gift Certificates Now Available

Treat your friends and family to an inspirational Wetlands tour by purchasing one of our Kayak Tour gift certificates!  Each certificate is good for one full tour experience, and will leave your recipient with a memory that will last a lifetime.  Click below to purchase.


Recent Press

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WWNO To Examine Coastal Land Loss In New Series

Rising sea levels threaten communities on every American coastline, but none more so than Louisiana’s Gulf Coast, where every hour a football field’s worth of marsh disappears. On Monday May 13, WWNO — New Orleans Public Radio, will begin a series of features examining the causes of the vanishing coast, the impact on the state and [...]

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Bob's Latest Posts

Coastal restoration efforts complicated by lack of plan for Mississippi River


Mississippi-River-watershed-e1368547797909Originally posted on May 14th, 2013.  View the original post here. Consider this: It’s spring 2025 and Louisiana officials are preparing to open three diversions on the lower Mississippi River so fresh water and sediment can reach wetlands struggling to stay ahead of sea level rise. But the river has dropped to a record low, and [...]

LSU study: Damaged minnow shows BP oil seeping into coastal food chain


Originally posted on April 30th, 2013.  View the original post here. A minnow considered the canary in Louisiana’s coastal ecosystem can’t shake the hydrocarbon cough it picked up when BPs oil started washing ashore three years ago. Recent studies on new generations of the Gulf killifish, a marsh minnow diagnosed with signs of oil poisoning in 2010, [...]

Survey: Americans nationwide willing to shell out personally to save our coast


Originally posted on April 24th, 2013.  View the original post here. A Louisiana native who was raised in Independence, Petrolia said the idea for the survey came to him after seeing a growing number of  “America’s Wetland” bumper stickers. They’re circulated by the America’s Wetland Foundation, the Louisiana civic group whose mission is alerting the nation [...]