The Nature Conservancy in Louisiana

05/14/2026

Planning your next road trip? 🚗 TNC Senior Writer Daniel White guides you across the South, sharing unforgettable stopovers and scenic side trips that showcase the region’s rich wildlife and birdwatching opportunities. 🗺️ Plan your next adventure: https://nature.ly/4tjHmUG

05/13/2026

Our Kite is back! The Avian Research and Conservation Institute - www.arcinst.org and Orleans Audubon Society have confirmed that Abita Flatwoods has returned to the vicinity around her namesake Nature Conservancy preserve in St. Tammany Parish. The bird was tagged by the Orleans Audubon Society and has been tracked over the last couple of years. Learn more about her most recent journey across the Gulf: https://nature.ly/3Ww4iCv

05/11/2026

What's blooming in Louisiana? Here are some late- to mid-spring wildflowers showing up at our CC Road Savanna Preserve in Southwest Allen Parish.

What native flowers are you seeing in your part of the state?

📷 Barbara's Buttons (Marshallia); Wild Indigo (Baptisia alba); Maryland Milkwort (Senega mariana); Dwarf Sundew (Drosera brevifolia)

05/10/2026

Happy Mother's Day from The Nature Conservancy to all of the mothers and mother figures who perpetuate life and love on our beautiful planet. 🌎

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05/09/2026

Word on the street (or in the skies) is that there have been eaglets, now fledglings, to watch on the U.S. Forest Service - Kisatchie National Forest eagle cam. 🦅 Happy to all of our eagle mamas in the forest! Visit our Kisatchie to the Coast page to learn about our work in the region and catch a glimpse of the action: https://nature.ly/3NXJSkj

05/08/2026

Always following the science, our staff was out on the water – in the Atchafalaya River Basin – strategically placing equipment that will collect data related to oxygen, salinity, and water quality and levels.💧 Watch this space to see what we learn!

05/07/2026

CONTEST ALERT! We are excited to announce that The Nature Conservancy's 2026 Amateur Photo Contest at the Cypress Island Preserve is open for entries *through the end of May!* 📆 Things to note:

📸 Photos must be representative of the preserve.
📸 Voting is conducted by our TNC staff and volunteers.
📸 Winners will be announced in mid-June.

Please submit up to three, 4x6-sized photos to Joe Todd at [email protected]. Winners must be willing to provide an 11 x 14 to 16 x 20 framed photo that will grace the walls of the preserve's Visitor Center. 🖼️ We look forward to receiving your entries!

📷 David Hollier

05/06/2026

While checking in on nature preserves, our Louisiana staff members met up with some turtles: a Mississippi mud turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis) and a three-toed box turtle (Terrapene triunguis). 🐢 According to a local herpetologist, this was an older mud turtle due to the faded rings on its plastron, which wear down with age. And the plastron of the box turtle, similar to others in southwest Louisiana, had a pattern that indicates the species once overlapped with ornate box turtles (Terrapene ornata), now extirpated in Louisiana but common in the Great Plains.

05/05/2026

It's ! We hope you will support The Nature Conservancy's critical work restoring habitat, planting trees and making our community a more resilient place for nature and people to thrive.

Your GiveNOLA Day donation helps us protect, preserve and restore the water, air and lands that provide for our way of life here and around the world. 🌍 Your contribution will support our critical work in Louisiana, including:

🌿Protecting more than 350,000 acres for habitat conservation in the state (through easements, land purchases and education of best land practices for landowners)
🌿Managing 18 nature preserves statewide, including the Abita Creek Flatwoods Preserve near Abita Springs and the Lafitte Woods Preserve in Grand Isle
🌿Constructing 10 miles of oyster reefs along the coast to slow erosion, provide habitat for fish and shellfish, and protect the shoreline from storms
🌿Continuing our restoration and environmental education program on Grand Isle.

💛 Our work would not be possible without YOU! Learn more at https://nature.ly/4dbHu3o

05/04/2026

🌿 Give NOLADay is tomorrow, and our lands and waters need all of us. When you support The Nature Conservancy in Louisiana, you’re investing in thriving wildlife, resilient coastlines, and the places that make this state unlike anywhere else on Earth. From restoring oyster reefs to protecting migratory bird habitat to caring for beloved nature preserves, including Grand Isle’s Lafitte Woods Preserve and Abita Springs’ Abita Creek Flatwood Preserve, your gift directly fuels on‑the‑ground conservation that lasts for generations.

💛 Every donation, no matter the size, helps protect the Louisiana we love. 💙 Every share helps spread the word. 💚 Every voice strengthens this movement.

Join us to be part of something bigger than any one of us. Protect what you love. Give for the coast. Give for the wildlife.

Louisiana's economy, culture and history are deeply rooted in our natural environment. Help us protect, preserve and restore the water, air and lands that provide for our way of life. The Nature Conservancy of Louisiana works collaboratively with a diverse group of...

05/03/2026

Members of the Louisiana Conservation Corps a program of American YouthWorks and TNC’s GulfCorps program spent time clearing underbrush and conducting boardwalk maintenance to keep the trails safe, accessible and welcoming for visitors at the Abita Creek Flatwoods Preserve. 🛠️ Their work helps protect both the habitat and the visitor experience, ensuring more people can get outside and enjoy Louisiana’s natural spaces. 🌳The Abita Creek Flatwoods Preserve protects one of the last remaining examples of longleaf pine flatwoods in St. Tammany Parish, a fire‑dependent ecosystem home to rare plants and diverse wildlife. 🔥 Keeping the boardwalks in good condition helps visitors experience this unique habitat without disturbing the sensitive groundcover that makes the preserve so special. Learn more: https://nature.ly/3IQl3Es