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	<description>Goings-on in the Atchafalaya Basin</description>
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		<title>crawfishing season/cypress pirogue project/billboard</title>
		<link>http://www.gregguirard.com/basinbeat/2013/03/crawfishing-seasoncypress-pirogue-projectbillboard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 04:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Guirard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2013 crawfish season in the Atchafalaya Basin is one of the worst on record so far.   Fishermen and their families who depend on crawfishing for their livelihood are hoping that when more water begins to come down the Mississippi and &#8230; <a href="http://www.gregguirard.com/basinbeat/2013/03/crawfishing-seasoncypress-pirogue-projectbillboard/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Land Company cutting Cypress in the Basin</title>
		<link>http://www.gregguirard.com/basinbeat/2012/08/land-company-cutting-cypress-in-the-basin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 23:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Guirard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again the Atchafalaya Basinkeeper organization is trying to prevent a large land company based in Iowa from cutting cypress trees in the Basin. Interviewed by Erin Nicole on Channel 10&#8211;Lafayette, the St. Martin Land Company&#8217;s forestry consultant recently made &#8230; <a href="http://www.gregguirard.com/basinbeat/2012/08/land-company-cutting-cypress-in-the-basin/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>cypress trees in the Basin</title>
		<link>http://www.gregguirard.com/basinbeat/2012/05/cypress-trees-in-the-basin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Guirard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As you may know by now, Atchafalaya Basinkeeper and several other environmentally concerned organizations have filed an intent to sue the Good Hope Logging Company and the St.Martin Parish School Board to prevent the cutting of cypress trees on Section &#8230; <a href="http://www.gregguirard.com/basinbeat/2012/05/cypress-trees-in-the-basin/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>cypress</title>
		<link>http://www.gregguirard.com/basinbeat/2012/05/cypress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 18:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Guirard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well, tree lovers (and others), the St.Martin Parish School Board voted 4 to 3, with a couple of abstentions, not to postpone the cutting of cypress trees on their Section 16 lands in the Basin not far from Butte LaRose.   As &#8230; <a href="http://www.gregguirard.com/basinbeat/2012/05/cypress/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>School Board meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.gregguirard.com/basinbeat/2012/04/school-board-meeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Guirard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, May 2, the St. Martin School Board will once again consider the matter of the controversial contract signed with a lumber company to cut down trees on Section 16 wetlands not far from Butte LaRose.    I&#8217;ll be speaking &#8230; <a href="http://www.gregguirard.com/basinbeat/2012/04/school-board-meeting/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>the LFP event</title>
		<link>http://www.gregguirard.com/basinbeat/2012/04/the-lfp-event/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 12:22:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Guirard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The canoe/kayak event at Lake Fausse Pointe went very well on Saturday.   The wind made paddling a little difficult for some of the more inexperienced participants, but everything worked out anyway.   It was overall a beautiful day to be out &#8230; <a href="http://www.gregguirard.com/basinbeat/2012/04/the-lfp-event/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Basinkeeper fundraiser at Lake Fausse Pointe</title>
		<link>http://www.gregguirard.com/basinbeat/2012/04/basinkeeper-fundraiser-at-lake-fausse-pointe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gregguirard.com/basinbeat/2012/04/basinkeeper-fundraiser-at-lake-fausse-pointe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Guirard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As it happens, the canoe/kayak paddle trip, followed by a catfish fry, on the 14th, is filled up.   The event, created as a fundraiser for Atchafalaya Basinkeeper and an opportunity to inform the concerned public about issues in the Basin, will &#8230; <a href="http://www.gregguirard.com/basinbeat/2012/04/basinkeeper-fundraiser-at-lake-fausse-pointe/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Blog trial</title>
		<link>http://www.gregguirard.com/basinbeat/2012/04/blog-trial/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 02:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Guirard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My son Andre insisted that I needed to have a blog, and he set me up with one, since I barely knew what a blog is.   I&#8217;m just trying it out tonight.  I have little to say right now, but &#8230; <a href="http://www.gregguirard.com/basinbeat/2012/04/blog-trial/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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