America's Wetland Red River & Mississippi River Birding Trails

NEW!

Third Birding Trail Created: Zachary Taylor Parkway

The Louisiana Office of Tourism is seeking nominations for sites to include in the Zachary Taylor Parkway Birding Trail. The Zachary Taylor Parkway is the corridor stretching from Alexandria on the west to Poplarville on the east. It covers eight Louisiana parishes. The parkway will extend approximately 210 miles, starting at Interstate 49 near Alexandria and Pineville on the west, crossing Interstate 55 near Amite, and stretching all the way to Interstate 59 near Poplarville.

It will loosely follow the route of present Louisiana Highways 1 and 10. When complete, this new trail will connect the existing Louisiana Gulf Coast trail with the new trails being developed for the Red River and Mississippi River regions.

NEW!

Nominate a Site for Inclusion on the Zachary Taylor Parkway Birding Trail

Site nominations are currently being accepted for the Zachary Taylor Parkway Birding Trail. To learn more about the Zachary Taylor Parkway region as well as see a map of the area, please click here.

Nominations will be accepted through August 8th. To recommend a site for inclusion, please complete the nomination form and mail or fax to:

Mary Jeanne Packer

FERMATA, Inc.

5621 Grove Rd.

Trumansburg, NY 14886

607-535-9794 (fax)

Site Assessments for the Red River and Mississippi River Birding Trails are Complete!

The assessment phase for the America's Wetland Red River and Mississippi River

Birding Trails is now complete. A total of 101 sites were nominated and assessed. Of those 101 sites, 55 sites have been recommended for inclusion on the America's Wetland Red River Birding Trail and 28 sites have been recommended for inclusion on the America's Wetland Mississippi River Birding Trail. After final edits, recommended sites will be emailed to site contacts and/or owners for final review and approval. Tentative loop configurations for each trail are available through the following links:

America's Wetland Red River Birding Trail

America's Wetland Mississippi River Birding Trail

America's Wetland Birding Trails Come to North & Central Louisiana

Based on the huge success of the America's Wetland Birding Trail along Louisiana's Great Gulf Coast, Louisiana's Lieutenant Governor is expanding to north and central Louisiana. In

an effort to further develop and promote Louisiana's eco-cultural tourism assets Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu with the help of the Louisiana Office of Tourism is developing the America's Wetland Birding Trails in

central and north Louisiana. The trails will be called the America's Wetland Red River Birding Trail and America's Wetland Mississippi River Birding Trail. These trails will include publicly and specifically identified nominated birding sites north of I-10 and bordered by the states of Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi.

FERMATA, Inc. has been contracted by the Louisiana Office of Tourism to assist in the development and design of the two birding

trails. Your nomination is critical to the

success of the trail. The information will be submitted to FERMATA's team of trained assessors, who will then visit and evaluate the site based on key criteria.

In addition to nominations on public lands such as parks, historic places, and wildlife management areas, etc., privately owned site nominations submitted by the site owner/ manager will also be assessed for inclusion on the trail. To nominate a site for inclusion on the America's Wetland Red River and Mississippi River Birding Trails in central and north Louisiana please click here.

To learn more about the project contact: Carol Dwyer, Project Manager, FERMATA, Inc. or Sharon Calcote, Director, Louisiana Heritage Tourism Development, Louisiana Office of Tourism.

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