MLK DAY OF SERVICE

Need an MLK Day Project? Join the Literacy AmeriCorps group as we help rebuild our wetlands and serve an often forgotten part of our city - New Orleans East.

Audubon Louisiana Nature Center Forested Wetland Restoration

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana and Entergy Corporation invite you to parti...cipate in a forested wetland restoration project at Audubon Louisiana Nature Center.

Prior to Hurricane Katrina, Audubon Louisiana Nature Center was named one of the top five urban nature centers in the United States. The Nature Center suffered considerable damage from Hurricane Katrina which devastated its
interpretive center, exhibits and an estimated 75 percent of the forest was destroyed.

This project is being completed through a partnership with Entergy Corporation, Restore America's Estuaries, Audubon Nature Institute, RPM Ecosystems, Natural Resource Conservation Service and the Coalition to Restore Coastal
Louisiana. Volunteers will plant approximately 500 pots of various species of wetland trees, including bald cypress, red maple and pecan.

When: Saturday, January 16 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Where: Audubon Louisiana Nature Center, 5600 Read Boulevard, New Orleans East (Behind Joe Brown Park)

All planting equipment (gloves, shovels, dibbles, etc.) will be provided. Lunch and drinks will be provided to all volunteers. You can volunteer for one or more days.

Additional information will be provided to volunteers after registration.

You can register to participate online at
http://www.crcl.org or call the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana at (888)-LACOAST for more information. Additional information will be provided to volunteers after registration.