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Registration opens for popular Swamp School adventure camp
Registration for session one of Swamp School, a week-long summer camp for kids ages 8-12, is already full. […]
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Swamp School returns in summer 2023
There are two more chances to sign up for Swamp School – a popular summer camp option that usually sells out in minutes. […]
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Swamp School registration set for early March – but better act fast
At the beginning of March, Swamp School registration will be open – although, if the event’s past popularity is any indication, maybe not for long. […]
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Tide plummeting nearly 3 feet gets attention – Lake Pontchartrain marks record ebb flow
Lake Pontchartrain recently plummeted nearly three feet on July 23, allowing students to walk on the dunes that emerged in the water. “I’ve never seen it in my lifetime in the summer,” said Milton Cambre, […]
Lifestyles
Wetland Watchers volunteers collect 39 bags of trash for Swamp Sweep
As part of the International Coastal Clean-Up, coordinated locally by the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, 84 volunteers with the Wetland Watchers Project cleaned up trash along the nature trails and lake shoreline at St. Charles Parish Wetland Watchers Park. […]
Lifestyles
“Swamp Sweep” senior project undertaken at Wetland Watchers Park
Destrehan student Courtney Pfalzgraf recently coordinated her “Save the Wetlands” senior project at Wetland Watchers Park that included community volunteers collecting litter and planting trees. […]
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Harry Hurst Middle School Wetland Watchers at Alligator Festival
Harry Hurst students representing the Wetland Watchers Service-Learning Project were invited by the St. Charles Parish Rotary Club to be a part of the Alligator Festival’s popular Alligator Stomp 5K Race. […]
Lifestyles
Kids will get down, dirty at Swamp School
Reality shows that take place in the picturesque swamps of Louisiana are a national craze and St. Charles Parish will try to offer that same sense of adventure to children in the area this summer.