Tour Guide ~ Captain ~ Writer ~ Photographer ~ Mother
The Louisiana wetlands are disappearing at a rate of a football field every half hour. That is where I live. Bayou Dularge runs through the middle of the Terrebonne Estuary System. The fishing is fantastic, the food divine, and the people warm and friendly. There’s no life like bayou life!
Book by BW:
Before the Saltwater Came and its companion Guidebook for Educators
Articles/photographs published in:
Louisiana Sportsman Magazine
Louisiana Conservationist Magazine
Baton Rouge Advocate
Southern Breeze
Awards for written work:
by the Louisiana Outdoor Writer’s Association:
2011 – Excellence in Craft 3rd place in Coastal Restoration Category
2010 – Three Excellence in Craft Awards
2009 – Excellence in Craft 3rd Place “Tenacity over Tears”
2008 – Excellence in Craft 3rd Place “Women and Fishing”
2007 – Excellence in Craft 1st Place ”Terrebonne’s Natural Defenses Nearly Gone”
Ongoing Projects:
Marsh grass purchase and planting in conjunction with this local coastal restoration project.
Eco Tours of local wetlands. A US Coast Guard License enables me totransport passengers to see the amazing beauty and shameful degradation of our wetlands due to oil exploration, drilling, and production AND to plant marsh grass on local restoration projects if you want to.
Civic/Professional Organizations:
State Commissioner for the South Louisiana Wetlands Discovery Center
Parish Coastal Zone Management Board Member
Louisiana Outdoor Writers’ Association – Membership Chairman
Keep Terrebonne Beautiful Board Member
Angler’s Legacy: takemefishing.org
Grants received:
2005-2006 Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program Mini-grants recipient
Projects undertaken:
BOEMRE Subsustence Hunting, Fishing, and Gathering research project 2011-2012
BTNEP Swamp Tour Operators’ Outreach Project - 2006
Authored the America’s Wetland Campaign activity guide- 2004. Download and print a copy from here.
Married to a Native American from this area since 1981
Five wonderful children ages 16-30
Anything else you want to know? Ask me in the box below!
