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Source: Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission

A NATURALIST CROSSES

LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN

By Robert A. (Bob) Thomas, Center for Environmental Communication, School of Mass Communication, and The Environment Program, Loyola University New Orleans (Certified Master Naturalist, Louisiana Master Naturalists of Greater New Orleans Chapter) – rathomas@loyno.edu, 504-865-2107

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8-4-21 version 9.0

A NATURALIST CROSSES LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN

Version 1.8 10-17-21

DRIVE ACROSS THE LABRANCHE WETLANDS

By Bob Thomas, Loyola University – rathomas@loyno.edu

Note: All place references are by mile marker points (MM) on I-10. Drive time between the Kenner levee on I-10 and the I-55 exit from I-10: 10 minutes.

10-17--21 Version 6.5

DRIVE DOWN BAYOU LAFOURCHE: A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF NATURAL HISTORY, ECONOMIC, AND CULTURAL ASPECTS OF THE DRIVE FROM U.S. 90 TO GRAND ISLE, PORT FOURCHON, AND ELMER’S ISLAND, LOUISIANA

By Robert A. Thomas, Loyola Center for Environmental Communication, School of Communication & Design, Loyola University New Orleans, & Louisiana Master Naturalists of Greater New Orleans (rathomas@loyno.edu, 504-865-2107)

Delta Journal
by Bob Thomas

Roundworms, better called nematodes, are among the most common critters on earth. It is said that if one could remove every speck of living and non-living material from the earth, leaving only nematodes, that one would still see a perfect outline of the planet, its mountains and valleys, and its inhabitants.