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Gonzales family - Bronze Louisiana Certified Habitat
Congratulations on a Bronze Certification!

ANPP Volunteers
Aug 81 min read
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Woodring Apartments - Bronze Louisiana Certified Habitat
Congratulations Woodring Apartments in Lake Charles on their Bronze Certification.

ANPP Volunteers
Aug 81 min read
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Gabby and Logan Fignar - Gold Louisiana Certified Habitat
Gabby and Logan Fignar secured a Gold Certification in Lake Charles!

ANPP Volunteers
Aug 81 min read
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Paul Conover - Silver Louisiana Certified Habitat
Congratulations to Paul Conover on his silver certification.

ANPP Volunteers
Aug 81 min read
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Faye Drobnic - Gold Louisiana Certified Habitat
ANPP congratulates Faye Drobnic for her gold-certified habitat.

ANPP Volunteers
Aug 81 min read
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Garden Tasks for August in Acadiana: By Dan Weintritt and friends
Adapted from Month-by-Month Gardening in Louisiana by Dan Gill

ANPP Volunteers
Aug 83 min read
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SEED COLLECTION
It's that time again...

ANPP Volunteers
Aug 83 min read
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Butterfly Count written by Sneed Collard III and illustrated by Paul Kratter
Butterfly Count is a beautifully written and illustrated children’s book...

ANPP Volunteers
Aug 81 min read
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Mealy Blue Sage, Salvia farinacea
This beautiful perennial blooms all summer with dark blue to white tubular flowers.

ANPP Volunteers
Aug 81 min read
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Nature-Based Solutions to Keep Mosquitos in Check
Robby Maxwell robjamax@gmail.com  We bought our first home on 2.5 acres in south Louisiana in 2011. It seemed like an idyllic setting,...

ANPP Volunteers
Aug 48 min read
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Eli Megidesh and Kait Craven - Gold Louisiana Certified Habitat
Congratulations to Eli Megidesh and Kait Craven for their gold Certified Habitat qualification.

ANPP Volunteers
Jul 51 min read
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Lisa and Mitchell Lopez - Bronze Louisiana Certified Habitat
Lisa and Mitchell Lopez live in a traditional subdivision, and their place originally had little to no landscaping. A brother-in-law...

ANPP Volunteers
Jul 51 min read
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Garden Tasks for July in Acadiana - By Dan Weintritt and friends
By Dan Weintritt and friends

ANPP Volunteers
Jul 53 min read
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Louisiana Native Professional Certification Program
The Louisiana Native Professional Certification Program (LNPCP) is a new initiative of the Louisiana Native Plant Society (LNPS).

Phyllis Griffard
Jul 52 min read
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Nature of Acadiana airs on KRVS every Tuesday
Beginning Tuesday July 8 and every Tuesday for the next year, listen for a new 1-minute episode of The Nature of Acadiana on KRVS, Radio Acadie at 88.7FM.

ANPP Volunteers
Jul 51 min read
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Plant a Pocket of Prairie - Written by Phyllis Root and Illustrated by Betsy Bowen
Plant a Pocket of Prairie is a beautifully written children’s picture book that takes the reader on an adventure to explore the plants and animals that live in a Minnesota prairie.

ANPP Volunteers
Jul 51 min read
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We honor a behind-the-scenes volunteer who brings her tech gifts to ANPP: Brenae Bergeron
Love our cool Greaux Native stickers? Following us on Instagram? That's Brenae.

ANPP Volunteers
Jul 51 min read
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We honor a behind-the-scenes volunteer who brings her tech gifts to ANPP: Valerie Nehrbass-Vidrine
Valerie Nehrbass-Vidrine is the essential node in ANPP's administration of the Louisiana Certified Habitat program

ANPP Volunteers
Jul 51 min read
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Bird Pepper, Capsicum annuum
Bird Pepper, Capsicum annuum, is the only chili native to the US!

ANPP Volunteers
Jul 51 min read
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Dr. Brandon and Aurore Ballengée- Gold Louisiana Certified Habitat
Congratulations to Dr. Brandon and Aurore Ballengée for having their nature reserve, sculpture garden, and STEM education center, aptly...

ANPP Volunteers
Jun 32 min read
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