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 (literally) tons of trash from all 106 miles of Bayou Lafourche, split between 15 sites, in an effort to protect the bayou and its resources. In 2024, we were joined by over 300 volunteers who removed 9.22 tons of trash from the bayou.
Beyond its natural beauty, recreational uses, and bountiful flora and fauna, Bayou Lafourche is critical to South Louisiana and our community. We all benefit from the bayou every single day. It provides drinking water to over 300,000 citizens across Lafourche, Terrebonne, Assumption, and Ascension Parishes, and sends fresh water and sediment to our fragile coastal marshes in Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes. It’s also a great economic driver for South Louisiana as the only potable water source for Port Fourchon and the offshore energy industry based there.
The event is free to attend, and all supplies and snacks (and a free t-shirt!) will be provided. Plus, free snowballs will be served following the cleanup at the Nicholls bayouside pavilion! All ages are welcome, but minors must be accompanied by an adult 18 years or older. Participants will be given the option to clean up on the bayouside, roadside, or in the water on a boat. Please note that participants who choose to clean up in the water will be responsible for their own boat.
Participants will be able to choose from the following sites:
- Donaldsonville – Boat Launch on LA-308, 1198 East Bayou Road, Donaldsonville
- Napoleonville – Napoleonville Water Control Structure, 3801 LA-308, Napoleonville
- Labadieville/Thibodaux Border – Bayou Rowing, 2433 LA-308, Thibodaux
- North Thibodaux – Leighton Boat Launch, 1730 St. Mary Street Thibodaux, LA 70301
- Downtown Thibodaux – The Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center, 314 St. Mary Street, Thibodaux
- St. Charles (Thibodaux) – Melodia Boat Launch, 1628 Hwy 308, Thibodaux
- Raceland – Under Hwy 90 Overpass, 4484 LA-1 S, Raceland
- Lockport – Bayouside Park, 308-398 Canal St., Lockport
- Bellevue (Lockport) – Bellevue Fire Station, 7519 LA- 1, Lockport
- Larose – Holy Rosary Catholic School, 12925 E Main St., Larose
- Cut Off – Hwy 1 Bayouside of Cote Blanche Bridge, 14935 W Main St., Cut Off
- Golden Meadow – 313 N Bayou Drive, Golden Meadow
- *Leeville
- *Participants who wish to clean up in the Leeville area will need to report to the Golden Meadow Location (313 N Bayou Drive, Golden Meadow) to collect their supplies before beginning their cleanup, and will be responsible for transporting collected trash back to the nearest dumpster located in Golden Meadow at 313 N Bayou Drive.
- Fletcher + Bayou STEM ONLY Site – Bayou STEM, in partnership with Fletcher Technical Community College, is hosting a private site in Thibodaux open only to Bayou STEM and Fletcher faculty, staff, and students. To register as part of the Bayou STEM/Fletcher site, please visit: https://www.jotform.com/form/250405342622143
- Nicholls State University ONLY Site – Nicholls State University is hosting a private site across from the campus at the Nicholls bayouside pavilion open only to Nicholls State University faculty, staff, and students. Only those with a valid nicholls.edu email address will be allowed to register. To register as part of the Nicholls site, please visit: https://forms.gle/wvQh1rR3XoeMWJJk8
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Together we can work to protect and restore #OurEstuary. We hope to see you there!
Sponsorship opportunities are available. To learn more or register as a sponsor, CLICK HERE.
