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Woodlands Conservancy,
a nonprofit land trust on the West Bank working to preserve forested wetlands, recently earned national accreditation, a major milestone demonstrating the organization’s stability and longevity. The process through the Land Trust Accreditation Commission put Woodlands Conservancy through a third-party review of its policies, practices and objectives. The organization is now part of a network of more than 450 similar accredited land trusts in the U.S.
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Big Chief Donald Harrison Sr.,
the late founder of the Guardians of the Flame, will have the intersection of N. Johnson and Independence streets renamed in his honor. The New Orleans City Council recently voted to rename the intersection to recognize Harrison’s legacy as a culture bearer and support for youth education and literacy.
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The Louisiana Public Service Commission…