Louisiana workshop announcement

Workshop Announcement

Workshop Objectives

Workshop One Information

Direction to Lake Fausse Pointe State Park

Louisiana Workshop Registration

Workshop Information

The EATM Louisiana Workshop is a two-part workshop for geography educators. Interested persons need to be able to attend both sessions. Registration is limited to 20 participants on a first-registered, first-served basis. A stipend of $50 per workshop will be offered as compensation to participants that fulfill workshop objectives. Confirmation and directions to the park will be sent following acceptance into the program.

WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES:

Increase your knowledge about exotic nuisance species and their impacts on the ecosystem and economy, especially those threatening our aquatic environments.

Help you meet the National Geography Standards by linking exotic species activities and projects from this workshop to these standards.

Enhance information sharing among students and teachers engaged in the study of geography and social studies.

Facilitate community awareness of exotic aquatic species and improve understanding of how these species affect humans and how humans affect their dispersal and population distribution.

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WORKSHOP ONE: July 11-12, 2000.

The first session will be held at Lake Fausse Point State Park ( ), located near St. Martinville, Louisiana. It is an overnight workshop that will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 11^th and conclude in the afternoon on Wednesday, July 12^th, 2000. The Louisiana State Parks will provide complimentary accommodations in the park’s cabins. Lunch and dinner on Tuesday and breakfast and lunch on Wednesday will be provided.
The purpose of the first workshop is to introduce teachers to educational materials that are available on the topic of aquatic exotic species. Presentations by experts on several of our local exotic species, such as giant salvinia, nutria, green crabs, hydrilla, purple loosestrife and zebra mussels, will be interspersed among hands-on activities that teach concepts central to the topic of exotic species. Part of the workshop time will be devoted to the development of environmental stewardship projects that will take place during the school year with students in local communities that will disseminate exotic species information.
After the community awareness projects are completed during the school year, we will ask the teacher and students to prepare a PowerPoint presentation describing their stewardship project. These environmental stewardship projects will be collected into a compendium of projects that will be published both as a hard copy and as an internet document. Selected workshop participants will present these stewardship projects at a national geographic education meeting. Teachers will also be invited to contribute to a collection of exotic aquatic species activities written specifically to teach geography and social studies concepts.
This is to inform the workshop entitled “Exotic Aquatics on the Move: Building a Web of Awareness for Geography Educators & Students”, to be held at Lake Fausse Point State Park on July 11-12, 2000. We will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 11, 2000 and end in the afternoon on Wednesday, July 12, 2000. If you are unable to attend, please contact either Dr. Tony Lewis or Dr. Pam Blanchard as soon as possible. Refunds of registration fees will be made until 5 p.m., June 27, 2000.

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Directions to Lake Fausse Pointe State Park:

Address and Phone:
5400 Levee Road, St. Martinville, LA 70582

337/ 229-4764 or 1-888-677-7200

Lake Fausse Point State Park is located south of I-10, approximately 18 miles southeast of St. Martinville on the West Atchafalaya Protection Levee Road. To access the Levee Road from St. Martinville, take LA 96 to LA 679, then to LA 3083. Turn right onto Levee Road for 8 miles. NOTE: The levee road from Henderson to Fausse Point is gravel, not a paved roadway.

The Lake Fausse Point State Park website can be viewed at http://www.crt.state.la.us/crt/parks/lakefaus/lakefaus.htm.

CHECK IN.
Park personnel will have a workshop participant list at the main gate and will allow you to enter without charge. They will tell you your cabin assignment and you are welcome to unpack in your cabin if you arrive early. We will start our workshop promptly at 10:00 a.m. in the Conference Center. Please be on time.

   ACCOMMODATIONS.
You will be staying in Lake Fausse Point cabins. All cabins have two bedrooms (one bedroom has a full-sized bed, the other has 2 sets of bunk beds), a bath, kitchen and living room. They also have screened-in porches (with swings) over the water, picnic tables, BBQ pits, fireplaces, a full-sized refrigerator, microwave, stove and coffee pot. The cabins are non-smoking. Tuesday lunch and supper and Wednesday breakfast and lunch will be provided. A cooler of soft drinks will also be available.

WHAT TO BRING.
You will need to bring a bath towel, personal supplies (soap, shampoo, etc.), mosquito spray, sunscreen and any munchies that you might desire. There is a Park Store not far from the cabins if you forget an essential item.

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Exotics Aquatics on the Move is funded through a National Strategic Initiative Grant (NOAA), the Louisiana Sea Grant College Program & the Louisiana Geographic Education Alliance and is offered in partnership with the Louisiana Office of State Parks.