Thank You Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge

I recently had the opportunity to present my PowerPoint on restoration ecology and give a reading and book signing of Shadowshine: An Animal Adventure at the Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge. So Shadowshine is now on sale in the Refuge gift shop. I consider it an honor to have my animal characters make a home in a National Wildlife Refuge. Think of it—the forest-folk are now under the full protection of the United States government. (OK, maybe I’m stretching it a bit, but I love the concept).  

Black Bayou Lake NWR is a particularly special gem of our treasured National Wildlife Refuge System. Located just outside of Monroe, Louisiana, this refuge beauty supports an astounding diversity of plant and animal species within a boundary encompassing over 5300 acres of lake and swampland.

Considered an “urban” refuge, Black Bayou Lake NWR enjoys powerful support from members of the community, particularly its Friends of Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge (FoBBLNWR), a beautiful group of generous, hardworking conservation-minded heroes that I’m proud to join.

I hope more people will pile on to this important cause. Black Bayou Lake NWR belongs to us. Let’s treat it like a member of the family.
 
Not in the Northern Louisiana area? Use this handy National Wildlife Refuge Locator to find and become a friend of a Refuge near you.

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Conservationist and retired medical doctor (pathology), Johnny Armstrong and his wife Karen and Opal (k-nine) live within a Nature Conservancy protected old-growth forest and woodland near Ruston, Louisiana. Shadowshine is his first novel..