Acadiana Master Naturalists

Nature Station Now Hiring
Part-time Naturalist

Our happy place Acadiana Native Plant Project

We've installed our first time laspe photo station from Chronolog at Acadiana Park, overlooking Francois Coulee. These types of photo stations help track ephemeral changes in the landscape, including, but not limited to, seasonal changes in flora, fauna, hydrology, geology, restoration effects, etc. Next time you visit Acadiana Park, give it a try! Isn't citizen science fun?!

Where do you think we should install one next?

It was a truly bittersweet weekend as the 2026 Acadiana Master Naturalists completed their last workshop with Brian Sean Early, Steve Nevitt, and Braden Doucet, trudging through the Eunice Prairie restoration site and dwindling prairie remnants, trying their best to reverse the "ecological amnesia" induced by a fleeting, fragile, and at times, under emphasized ecosystem in Louisiana.

But alas, this class gives us tremendous hope, and we're counting on them, and those that came before, to continue to fight for the preservation of the Cajun Prairie and all things wild that make this state so great.

Congrats to the 2026 class for making it this far and we look forward to graduation, a little pizza party, and most importantly seeing you grow into champions of this great natural state 🫡.

Today is the last bird walk of the Spring season at Moncus Park before the hot hot Summer arrives. Come look at birds with us. For The Birds of Acadiana will have some very special rehab friends to release too!

One of the most anticipated workshops of the program was held this weekend at . Dr. Allen, Susan, their children, and endless volunteers have created a magical safe space for learning about and loving nature and Louisiana's astonishing biodiversity.

Flowers were smelled, bogs were meandered through, herps we fearlessly admired (with help from ), fireflies counted, insects ogled over, and plenty of eating, laughter, and gum bumping was had. IYKYK...and if you dont, you should go pay Allen Acres a visit 😉.

The 2026 AMN cohort took a chance on the weather Saturday morning and the skies parted just long enough for the group to witness and help Dr. Erik Johnson and his dedicated banding station volunteers collect invaluable data on 32 birds (8 species) and learn about the Urban Native Greens citizen science project. Thank you Fieldscope for documenting this event and for letting us visit your property (and for the free plants 😎).

One of our Acadiana Master Naturalists and program facilitators in the wild, diligently monitoring prothonotary warbler nest boxes at The Cypress Island Preserve for the citizen science project. Tad also volunteers at the visitor center and is an all around great steward of the preserve.

We are excited to announce that the Acadiana Master Naturalists were selected as one of the recipients for the awards. RES has provided us with a generous donation and we look forward to now having the means to conduct local more conservation and nature educational projects for Acadiana.

Happy Earth Day!

Happy Earth Day!

"Progress does not happen in silence. It happens when people show up"
-Earthday.org

Our program would not be possible without the people that "show up".

Every member.

Every presenter.

Every venue

Every conservation and natural education organization.

We are a 100% volunteer based non-profit and every single ounce of support helps us achieve our goals, and for that, we are extremely grateful.

We're excited to announce that some additional, significant, support has come our way this Earth Day....

We're honored to have been selected as one of the recipients of the 2026 RES EcoGuardian Award. We will be awarded $5,000 which will allow us to turn long dreamed of local conservation and education projects into a realities.

Thanks to RES for selecting us and we're excited to give back to our community.

https://res.us/featured/res-celebrates-the-2026-ecoguardian-award-recipients/

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