Our mission is to promote the practice of community and regional planning in Louisiana by enhancing the effectiveness of planners in impacting public policy. Provide informed and objective planning advice on issues that confront state and local government and build public and political support for responsible planning in Louisiana. Read more about Welcome to APA Louisiana.

Louisiana Poetry Project promotes local poets and poetry in the classroom by providing a new poem with lesson plans for each school day. Live Local, Read Local, Write Local. As a state, we know our food, our musicians, our natural resources, and even many of our artists and novelists. Examines our past, present and future. Reading and Understanding Poetry . Middle or Upper School Class.

After Persephone by Cleopatra Mathis. From her book What to Tip the Boatman? Heaven got sweeter, its paperweight curve. Star-crazy at its purple center. Fought out of the layers and took her. Went blank, I dismantled the ticking.

Stormwater retention ponds in residential and commercial settings need to be maintained to keep them healthy as they age as well as providing an acceptable appearance in your landscape. Recreational ponds can benefit from water and vegetation management. Your pond can grow a healthly, robust population of fish that you can enjoy for fishing, eating, and bragging about.

Nestled between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Nestled between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. The LARGEST selection of fine, hand-crafted wares made exclusively by Louisiana Artisans. More than 135 artists represented. Private parties, groups, schools, daycares and scouts welcome.