For people living in southeast Louisiana, Lake Pontchartrain is an easily recognizable landmark. For some people, it is the bothersome body of water they travel across every day and for others it is a place to fish or swim. For a number of scientists, it is a place where research is being done to help restore and revive the lake and coast.
The Basics of the Basin 2011 Conference was held over three days at Southeastern to celebrate the research being done in and around the lake. The conference took place from Oct. 27 to Oct. 29 and hosted scientists and guest speakers who shared a common goal of restoring and preserving the Pontchartrain Basin.
“This is to just let everybody know what the highlights of the most recent research around the Lake Pontchartrain Basin are showing,” said Dr. Robert Moreau, director of Southeastern’s Turtle Cove Environmental Research Station in Manchac. “That’s what we want to promote, what’s going on in the basin, what are the basics of the Superstorms.”
According to the PBRP website, the program is an extension of the College of Science and Technology at Southeastern. It was founded in 2001 and has worked to restore and sustain cypress ecosystems of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin.
For more information regarding the conference or the research done at the PBRP, visit the PBRP’s website at www2.selu.edu/orgs/pbrp.