Conservation Partnership Makes Strides Toward Permanent Protection of Important Bird Area in Southeast Louisiana

 

Livingston Parish, La.–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2011.  The Land Trust for Southeast Louisiana (LTSL), The Conservation Fundand the National Audubon Society announced the permanent protection of 675 acres of diverse wetland habitat near the town of Maurepas, La. This acquisition will enhance an ongoing, multi-partner effort to expand and preserve key ecosystems within the West Pontchartrain-Maurepas Swamp Important Bird Area (IBA) – an area that provides a critical link…