Two Friends Board Members Recognized for Their Service to the Group

1-10-2024

We gave some well-deserved recognition to two long-time board members and officers of the Friends of Louisiana Wildlife Refuges, Inc. during our board meeting on January 9th. Beth and Jay Schwander were thanked by our board for their years of service to the group, not only as board members and officers, but also for the years of their volunteering in our events, programs and activities.

Beth has been on the board of directors for seven years and Jay for ten years. We really appreciate all that they have done to make our group successful.

Thank you Jay and Beth!

Photo: The two are shown being given framed photographs by the 2024 President of the Friends of Louisiana Wildlife Refuges, Inc., William Trimble, (center) during the meeting.

Friends Group Board of Directors Selects Officers

January 9. 2024

We'd like to congratulate our new 2024 leadership team that was elected by the Friends of Louisiana Wildlife Refuges, Inc. board of directors on Tuesday night, January 9th.

2024 Officers of the Friends of Louisiana Wildlife Refuges, Inc.

     President Bill Trimble

     Vice President Michele Hubert

     Secretary Chris Pease

     Treasurer Sue Wilder

Thank you for serving!

A list of each member of the Board of Directors can be found here : https://www.flwr.org/about-us    You can scroll down on the page to see our mission statement.

We really appreciate all of the officers and board members for volunteering their time to lead our group in 2024 and beyond!

Our officers and board of directors have many things they would like the group to accomplish in 2024. If you are not a member of the Friends group and would like to personally make a difference by helping our southeast Louisiana national wildlife refuges accomplish all of their varied purposes, please consider becoming a member of the Friends of Louisiana Wildlife Refuges by clicking here: https://www.flwr.org/membership

Next Refuge Service Saturday is set for February 3, 2024

January 13, 2024

The US Fish & Wildlife Service is holding a volunteer work morning at the Southeast Louisiana Refuges Complex Headquarters on Saturday, February 3rd from 8 AM until 11 AM. The work being done by the volunteers will be to get the gardens and grounds ready for one of our biggest annual events, the Bayou Gardens Open House, on February 24th.

The Friends of Louisiana Wildlife Refuges, Inc. supports these Service Saturday events by supplying the volunteers with water and snacks and by helping sign-in the volunteers. If you are a member of the Friends group, please feel free to contact us to find out how you can help: lwrfriends@gmail.com

Our Friends members can also help with the work being done that morning by volunteering as refuge volunteers.

More information on the February Service Saturday work morning can be found here: https://www.flwr.org/event-details/refuge-service-saturday-volunteer-event?fbclid=IwAR1_j1YrxmdOvr-ZVSbSllzg23xUvrwyJCg7LLKhBQVf0YmAUmRd0j_nfPM

The refuge has scheduled a "Living off the Land" workshop later on the same day as the Service Saturday event. Why not take a break for lunch and then attend the workshop and make a full day of it? Saturday, February 3, 2024 1 PM until 3 PM Details here: https://www.flwr.org/post/living-off-the-land-workshop-is-back