The STEPS workshop is right around the corner. It will take place on April 7-9, 2006. For more information and an application, download information packet and application here.
September 20, 2005
The teacher workshop originally scheduled for August 30 and 31, 2005 that were postponed due to Hurricane Katrina will take place at LUMCON on September 21 and 22, 2005. If you have any questions, contact education at education@lumcon.edu or use the link in the menu on the left.
August 04, 2005
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Ms. Brandi Thompson, a 2005 participant in the Students and Teachers as Educational Partners as Science (STEPS) workshop sponsored by BTNEP, just learned she has received funding from the state to implement Bayouside Classroom water sampling at her school, Dutchtown Middle School in Prairieville, Louisiana. Brandi is not the first teacher who has received a grant after attending the STEPS workshop - Ms. Louise Dykes received a grant for Bayouside Classroom in 2002-2003. Brandi's grant calls for using Bayouside Classroom as part of a larger environmental education program. Sponsored by the State of Louisiana 8g fund, it is $95,000 for one year and renewable for up to 2 years. Students will decide on 4 water bodies to sample within 10 miles of the school, then sample them eight times during the school year. In addition, they will develop bird habitat and engage in other types of active environmental education. Brandi's student partners Austin and Shalia are looking forward to mentoring other students on this project. |
August 23, 2004
| Hypoxia! LUMCON's front pond was found containing lots of dead fish on the morning of August 23, 2004. After testing the water, LUMCON scientists concluded that it was due to a sever hypoxic event. For details on this and other important hypoxia information, view the hypoxia page here. |  |
September 30, 2004
Bayouside Classroom Training for Terrebonne Parish, Terrebonne Parish School Board, 08:15am
December 2004
We have added new permanent depth gauges at all three LUMCON sampling sites. They should make sampling around LUMCON much easier since the old PVC depth poles won't need to be taken out each time.
February 2005
The Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program sponsored a training for teachers and students to learn estuarine water sampling methods during the weekend of February 18, 2005. For more info, go to page 6 of the photo gallery or click here to view pictures from the weekend.