IT’S CRUNCH TIME! Louisiana schools and students must submit their “KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE PRIZE” and SCHOOL MASCOT CHALLENGE entries by Saturday, April 11, to qualify for $500 PRIZES for his or her class, in addition to special tours of the NEW ORLEANS SAINTS practice facility in Metairie, La. Read more…Read More
GAME ON! advertisements to air during Saints gameday radio broadcast America’s WETLAND Foundation (AWF) will team up with WWL Radio for the 2014 New Orleans Saints season to air AWF radio advertisements on Saints gameday that urge football fans to “join the home team.” The advertisements are part of AWF’s ongoing GAME ON! campaign, which...Read More
On Wednesday, America’s WETLAND Foundation (AWF) Managing Director Val Marmillion moderated a plenary session entitled “Mississippi River Restoration” at the 2014 Conference on Ecological and Ecosystem Restoration (CEER) at the Hilton Riverside Hotel in New Orleans. Marmillion introduced Mississippi River leaders who discussed the action required for the management of one of the nation’s greatest...Read More
America’s WETLAND Foundation (AWF) Chairman of the Board R. King Milling was on hand this morning to deliver welcoming remarks to attendees of the opening plenary session of the 2014 Conference on Ecological and Ecosystem Restoration (CEER). He spoke this morning at the Hilton Riverside of New Orleans as part of the opening session of...Read More
On Tuesday, June 17, 2014 the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) aired a television news segment on the increasing loss of coastal wetland in southern Louisiana. Read more…Read More
A diverse group of national, state and local Mississippi River leaders, convened by the America’s WETLAND Foundation (AWF), gathered Wednesday, June 11, 2014 to release findings from its Big River Works leadership forums held over the past 12 months. Read more…Read More
In commemoration of American Wetlands Month, the America’s WETLAND Foundation has launched its latest GAME ON! television ad calling for teamwork to save Louisiana’s vanishing coast. The new ad, which will run throughout Southeast Louisiana, features the Rainey Conservation Alliance and is the second in a series showcasing model public/private collaborations launched to support coastal restoration Read more…Read More
America’s WETLAND Foundation joins the efforts of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in Louisiana in supporting Louisiana House Bill 490, which would close a loophole that would allow lawmakers to circumvent state constitutional law prohibiting the use of one-time money for recurring costs. Read more…Read More
The March 16, 2014 edition of CBS’s oldest and most-watched newsmagazine – 60 Minutes – profiled McIlhenny Company’s CEO and AWF Board Member Anthony “Tony” Simmons. CBS stated, “The hot sauce industry is on fire with revenue of more than a billion dollars but it all began with just one name – Tabasco®.” You can...Read More
In 2003, AWF gathered a group of Louisiana leaders and members of the press at LSU Tiger Stadium and, utilizing the large screen, revealed a video of water covering the field with the now familiar “football field of land lost every 50 minutes to coastal erosion” message. Since that time, billions of media impressions have...Read More
