The Atchafalaya Basinkeeper will host its monthly Acadiana meeting on June 15, featuring a presentation by environmental scientist and Vermilion Parish native Dr. Gracie Babineaux.
Babineaux’s presentation, titled “Where the Water Meets the Road: The Formation of the Atchafalaya Basin and How it Protects Our Communities,” will explore the geological development of the Atchafalaya Basin and its critical role in protecting communities across south Louisiana.
“Protecting what protects us”: Atchafalaya Baskinkeeper to host meeting on Basin preservation
A musician with the Babineaux Sisters Band and a scientist dedicated to coastal and environmental issues, Babineaux combines her artistic and academic backgrounds to promote, protect and prioritize Louisiana’s landscapes and the unique cultures they sustain.
Babineaux recently earned her doctorate through the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s Earth and Energy Sciences program. She is beginning her tenure as a Science Policy Fellow with the National Academies Gulf Research Program, where she will work with Louisiana-based organizations to address some of the most pressing environmental challenges facing the state’s coast and waterways…