Bayou Paddle Trail Goes Live

Turning the Tide by Kris Wartelle

Understanding Water Quality Parameters

To understand the importance of water testing to determine water quality Click Here
Recommended by Kelia Bingham, LCG and Bess Foret, LCG.

Conservation
for Louisiana

Check out sites suggested 
by Dr. Ernest Girouard
Teacher Resources
NEWS 
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for important news

Acadiana alliance focuses on cleaning up Vermilion River

Congratulations to ULL on Sustainability 
efforts on campus

Water Symposium 
Talks on-line

Recent Flooding - KATC-TV
Amazing
Rainfall Calculator 
Low Impact Design Slows the Flow of Rain Water Runoff
We need to treat Vermilion River with more respect, care

St. Landry to add Paddle Trail
Water Weekend to raise profile of Vermilion River
Saving the Bayou
Symposium focuses on Vermilion’s health
Visionary Water Symposium Program 
The Vermilion River Paddle Map is here!
Today at the Project Front Yard Beautification Summit CGI's Will LaBar unveiled the amazing interactive map. David Cheramie, Executive Director of the Bayou Vermilion District and Charlie Wyatt, President of the Bayou Vermilion Preservation Association, were on stage for the presentation. Ben Bingham, CGI Designer, manned the controls during the demonstration.

Project Front Yard
Beautification Summit
Feb 10 - 7:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Breakfast 7:30 a.m.  - 8:45 a.m. Tom Ethans
              10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Unveiling of 
                Bayou Vermilion Paddle Trail MapRegister HERE

Project Front Yard will host Tom Ethans, the director of Take Pride Winnipeg!, for a breakfast and beautification summit sponsored by Lafayette Convention and Visitors Commission. Attendees can register for only the breakfast or for the entire morning event.
“We have all been energized by the optimism and early successes of Project Front Yard so far. This summit gives us two things we need at this stage-- lessons from a successful model in another community and the opportunity to discuss next steps. LCVC is committed to this effort long-term because we believe that it can ultimately make Lafayette an even more desirable community to visit,” said Ben Berthelot, President and CEO of LCVC.

Touring The River In Our Front Yard
The community is invited to let the good times flow on Sunday, October 19 for Bayou Vermilion District’s Bayou Vermilion Festival & Boat Parade at Vermilionville. The Bayou Vermilion Festival & Boat Parade is a celebration of and on the Bayou Vermilion that aims to increase awareness of the river as a viable source of recreation for Lafayette Parish and also serves as a fundraiser for the Bayou Vermilion District’s efforts along the Vermilion. MORE

Clean Streams 
Dr. Ernest Girouard, LSU AgCenter Master Farmer Program Coordinator

Student Poster and Bumper Sticker Contest

The Bayou and You

Using the Vermilion River Watershed to teach the impace of human activity on the environment - a Teacher In-Service Workshop at David Thibideaux STEM Magnet Academy
Memories of Bayou Vermilion Treasures

A Water Weekend May 8th - 10th

10-20-2013 
   2nd Annual Bayou Vermilion Boat Parade

Bayou Vermilion Preservation Association at 2013 PlantFest

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Rusty Petitjean and Kathy Van Ness volunteer at the BVPA booth at PlantFest

On Saturday, September 14, 2013 the Bayou Vermilion Preservation Association had its first information booth at the Lafayette Parish Master Gardener Association PlantFest at the Horse Farm. Hundreds of festival goers stopped by to register for the Rain Barrel donated by the Lafayette Consolidated Government - Environmental Quality.They also suggested neighborhoods that might be interested in the Storm Drain Marking Program. This will be the first of many to create an awareness of local water issues.
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The lucky winner of the Rain Barrel is Joan Burns of Sulphur, Louisiana
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David Cheramie and his wife Mary Ann at the Bayou Vermilion District Booth at PlantFest