2025 BTNEP White Boot Gala hosted by the Barataria-Terrebonne Estuary Foundation | Tuesday, September 23, 2025 | Spahr's in Des Allemands The 2025 BTNEP White Boot Gala, hosted by the Barataria-Terrebonne Estuary Foundation, will be held on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, from 6 pm to 9 pm at Spahr's Seafood in Des Allemands! [...]
2025 BTNEP Native Plant Giveaway | September 27, 2025 | BTNEP Native Plant Nursery BTNEP’s Native Plant Giveaway will be held on Saturday, September 27, 2025, from 8 am to noon at the BTNEP Native Plant Nursery, located at the Nicholls Farm. Arrive with your friends and family, and leave with FREE native [...]
2025 International Coastal Cleanup with BTNEP | September 20, 2025 | Elmer's Island The Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program (BTNEP), Nicholls State University, and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) are hosting a beach sweep at Elmer’s Island Wildlife Refuge to coincide with the Ocean Conservancy’s annual International Coastal Cleanup Day on [...]
Q3 Management Conference #112 | AUGUST 14 | JEAN LAFITTE Please join us on Thursday, August 14th, for our 112th Management Conference at 9:30 am at the Town of Jean Lafitte Civic Center in Jefferson Parish. We’ll dive into a variety of topics at the meeting, including an update about the 2029 Coastal [...]
Support BTNEP through the ESTUARIES Act On June 12, the Enhancing Science, Treatment, and Upkeep of America’s Resilient and Important Estuarine Systems (ESTUARIES) Act was introduced to the Senate and House floors to reauthorize the National Estuary Program through 2031. The National Estuary Program (NEP) is a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency non-regulatory program [...]
BTNEP Welcomes Nicki Boudreaux as New Education and Engagement Coordinator We are pleased to announce that Nicki Boudreaux has been named the Education and Engagement Coordinator of the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program (BTNEP). "Nicki’s knowledge, energy, and unique combination of both higher education and environmental communication experience will undoubtedly help BTNEP in [...]
Bayou Lafourche Cleanup 2025 Join us for our 2025 Bayou Lafourche Cleanup on Saturday, April 5th from 8 am to 12 pm, from Donaldsonville to Leeville, in partnership with the Barataria-Terrebonne Estuary Foundation, Bayou Lafourche Fresh Water District, Keep Lafourche Beautiful, and Lafourche Parish Government! Each year, hundreds of volunteers remove [...]
What a year! Let’s take a look back at 2️⃣ 0️⃣ 2️⃣ 4️⃣ :Water Quality- 176 Home Sewage Systems repaired or replaced in Bayou Folse watershed- 74 Home Sewage Systems repaired or replaced in Bayou Lafourche watershedWhite Boot Gala- Sold out all tickets and sponsorships over one month ahead of the event- Record-breaking attendance of [...]
