Captain – Writer – Photographer – Mother
The Louisiana wetlands are disappearing at a rate of a football field every half hour. That is where I live.
Book by BW:
Before the Saltwater Came and its companion Guidebook for Educators
Articles/photographs published in:
Louisiana Sportsman Magazine
Louisiana Conservationist Magazine
Baton Rouge Advocate
Southern Breeze
Awards for written work:
by the Louisiana Outdoor Writer’s Association:
Excellence in Craft 3rd Place 2008 for “Women and Fishing”
Excellence in Craft 1st Place 2007 for “Terrebonne’s Natural Defenses Nearly Gone”
Ongoing Projects:
Marsh grass purchase and planting in conjunction with this local coastal restoration project.
Eco Tours of local wetlands. A US Coast Guard License enables me to transport passengers to see the amazing beauty and shameful degradation of our wetlands due to oil exploration, drilling, and production AND to plant marsh grass on local restoration projects if you want to.
Member of:
Louisiana Outdoor Writers’ Association
Nature Conservancy
Angler’s Legacy: takemefishing.org
Grants received:
Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program Mini-grants recipient 2005, 2006
Projects undertaken:
Authored the America’s Wetland Campaign activity guide- 2004.
Download and print a copy from here.
BTNEP Swamp Tour Operators’ Outreach Project – 2006
Married to a Native American from this area for 28 years.
Five wonderful children.
Two of them still under 18.
Anything else you want to know? Ask me in the box below!
