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Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin “feels like a national park” John Snell © John Snell Cypress reflected in a bayou in the Atchafalaya Basin BELLE RIVER, LA (WVUE) - Gerard Perrone races the light, departing the Belle River Boat Launch before the sunrise in one of the most isolated spots in the continental U.S. “Feels like a national park,” Perrone said of his destination in the Atchafalaya Basin. “That’s what’s kept it wild,” Perrone said. “It’s not that easy to get to. It’s not that easy to enter into.” The Atchafalaya stretches from north of the I-1...

View Comments Alicia Brewer, general manager of Yada on Franklin, is excited about recent state legislation which will bring an open container area to downtown Clarksville.  “I think more people will be interested in the fact that they can walk the street, have a good time … come in here grab a drink and go sit at the park," said Brewer, whose restaurant on Franklin Street will be located near the designated downtown area. A few doors down, Marcus Jack isn't so sure Clarksville's version of Beale Street and Bourbon Street is a grand idea.  "We already have issues with people on the s...

Winnipeg Free Press Thirty years later, the man behind Manitoba's tourism mecca is taking a bow Save to Read Later It’s a cliché, he admits, but Paul Jordan remembers his first day working at The Forks like it was yesterday. It’s a cliché, he admits, but Paul Jordan remembers his first day working at The Forks like it was yesterday. Back then, in the early ‘90s, there wasn’t much to the beloved meeting space and market at the confluence of the Assiniboine and Red Rivers — save for a heritage status as a historic site, after bearing witness to six thousand years of human acti...

The International City/County Management Association (ICMA) is seeking a Capacity Development and Governance Mana ger for Vietnam to support the Clean Cities Blue Ocean (CCBO) program. Location: Remote position in Vietnam with required travel in-country to CCBO Cities. Short-Term Engagement /up to 200 days Project Background: CCBO activity is a five-year, $48 million USAID-funded initiative which serves as USAID’s flagship program to target ocean plastics directly at their source in cities and towns. The project works to prevent ocean plastic pollution by building capacity and commitment f...

A new task force will address key issues that will need to be resolved before the state moves forward with a major river diversion to restore thousands of acres of eroding wetlands in Terrebonne Parish.  The Atchafalaya River Basin Restoration and Enhancement Task Force will include representatives of landowners, fishermen, the oil and gas industry, communities and others interests in the region. Gov. John Bel Edwards said the goal is to address long-standing and sometimes-conflicting issues in the basin and raise public awareness of the critical nature of these concerns. “The irony of...