Volunteers plant 5,771 plugs of Bullwhip in Intracoastal marsh

The Vermilion Soil and Water Conservation District (VSWCD) in cooperation with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, LDAF Office of Soil and Water Conservation, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, and Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries held its annual re-vegetation project on May 4.
This year the planting took place just south of Intracoastal City in the marshes of Lake Fearman. The main objective of this project was to vegetate an existing open marsh area that had lost vegetation, lessen shoreline erosion, create habitat for wildlife and provide a seed source for natural regeneration.
The district could not do these projects without the help of volunteers, such as Erath FFA, Kaplan FFA, Eunice FFA and long term volunteers William Husband and Alana Burroughs. The group was able to successfully plant 5,771 plugs of Bullwhip for a project total of 17,313 linear feet.
With successful re-vegetation projects since 1994, the Vermilion Soil and Water Conservation District is already in the planning stages for next year’s project with Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries.
Anyone interested in participating in these revegetation projects can contact Mitzi Dohrman at the VSWCD office at 337-893-5664 ext 3.
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