America's Wetland Foundation

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Here you will find resources for educators, home schoolers, parents and children of all ages. You can download a variety of lesson plans, order an Estuarian Activity Guide, sign up to volunteer with the America's WETLAND Conservation Corps, and visit our Online Resource Center.

The Foundation believes in the importance of educating current and future generations-from the youngest to the oldest-who can act as stewards of the environment and play a key role in the sustainability of our nation's Gulf Coast communities. Please explore our various resources to learn more about the crisis facing Louisiana's coast and how you can do your part to help protect and sustain America's WETLAND.

Cool Radio Podcasts available for your classroom!

A series of fifty-two professionally developed and packaged "Gulf of Mexico Minute" radio messages in English are now available for use.  A series of twenty radio messages in Spanish are also free upon request. The messages support efforts of the Gulf of Mexico Alliance by promoting awareness about the environmental and economic importance of the Gulf of Mexico. These messages entertain listeners with unique facts about the Gulf of Mexico and provide tips about how to protect its environmental and economic health by doing things like recycling, boating responsibly and conserving energy.

The radio messages are free for use for educational purposes. To preview or download the Gulf of Mexico Minute as podcasts and explore the Gulf online, please visit www.supportthegulf.org.

Washing Away Lesson Plans

"Washing Away" is a documentary produced by Louisiana Public Broadcasting in August of 2007 to educate viewers about the loss of Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The lesson plans below supplement the documentary. Please send us an email to request a copy of the DVD.

• What is your Fema Number
• The Water Was Coming So Quickly
• It's a Wonderful Life
• We Can Still Turn the Tide
• They Are Going to Hear Me
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Estuarian Activity Guide

Download or order this fun filled guide through America's WETLAND led by our very own ESTYS! Order by clicking here.

Coloring Books

• My Wetlands Coloring Book
• Coastal Louisiana Coloring Book
• Wetland Wildlife Coloring Book
  

Estuarians

These nine loveable action heroes are the mascots for the America's WETLAND Campaign's fight to save Louisiana's coast. Each of these animals and their friends live in America's WETLAND and depend on us to save their habitat.

America's WETLAND Foundation Online Resource Center

This resource center is intended to serve as a reference for the history, present challenges, and future of coastal Louisiana wetlands - a place we call America's WETLAND. It is a project of LUCEC (Loyola University's Center for Environmental Communication), in partnership with America's WETLAND: A Campaign to Save Coastal Louisiana.

General Education Resources

The America's WETLAND campaign thanks the USGS National Wetlands Research Center and the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act for providing some of the above materials.