Green Goings On - 2011
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April 11-14, 2011 National Environmental Education Week
Ongoing, Recycling Waders program, Outdoor enthusiasts can help the
environment by recycling old fishing/hunting waders: http://www.recycledwaders.com/pages/recycle/recycle_faq.asp
Louisiana
April 17, Louisiana Earth Day “This Land is Our Land” Noon-8:45 p.m. Downtown
Baton Rouge. Free Admission. Education exhibits and children’s activities.
Mississippi
April 16, Waterfest 2011, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality,
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Lakeshore Park, Brandon, Miss. Contact Sabrina
Cummings, 601-987-3040, shc@ftn-assoc.com
April 22, Earth Day Celebration, Bates Elementary School, Jackson, Miss. Bates
Elementary School, Contact Wendy Smith, 601-983-9252
April 30, Desoto County Earth Day Festival, Desoto Greenways, 8:00 a.m. to
Noon, Historic Square in Hernando, Miss. Contact Larry Jarrett, 662-489-9708,
desotogreenways@gmail.com, www.desotogreenways.org
April 30 Catch-A-Dream Bass Classic, Charitable competitive bass fishing
tournament held annually on Ross Barnett Reservoir near Jackson, Miss. Over
400 amateur anglers participate annually, generating more than $40,000 to fund
once-in-a-lifetime hunting and fishing experiences to children with
life-threatening illnesses. Contact Marty Brunson, 662-325-8149, www.catchadream.org.
May 3, Gen-E Lunch and Learn, Naturalist Lecture Series, Mississippi Museum of
Natural Science, Jackson, Miss., Noon to 1 p.m., Rotwein Theater, Jackson,
601-354-7303, www.msnaturalscience.org
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