Welcome to the website of the BAYOU BADGERS!

A year after Katrina, we attempt to:

  • locate chapter members still in the area,
  • organize volunteer activities around rebuilding and community service, and
  • organize football-watching parties.
As an area Badger, if you are interested in receiving chapter information and invites and/or hosting a Badger event, please Email Us! Also, please join the WAA or renew your membership to stay current with Wisconsin activities in this area!

2007 Water Resources Practicum In Ninth Ward Of New Orleans

The Holy Cross Neighborhood in the Lower Ninth Ward wants to restore the area north of Florida Avenue, which is open water and degraded wetland between the Inner Coastal Waterway and Florida Avenue. Long-term goals for the community are to turn it into a nature center with bird walks, bike trails, hiking trails, canoeing in the bayou, and to restore of the cypress swamp that was once native in this location. The WRM project will include working with the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board, the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, the Army Corps of Engineers on a wetland restoration feasibility study. We will also work with the University of Colorado’s Landscape Architecture Department and the Sierra Club in developing preliminary plans for development of a nature preserve.

Herb Wang, professor of geophysics and Associate Dean of L&S, and his class look forward to seeing you and other UW alums
when we are down there next summer.

Practicum Website

Wisconsin Graduate Wins New Orleans City Council Seat

A native of Appleton, Wisconsin and former Executive Vice President of the New Orleans Saints, Arnie Fielkow (J.D., 1981) was elected on May 20, 2006 as the newest Councilman-at-Large for the City of New Orleans. Fielkow received over 61,000 votes (56% of the vote) and joins fellow Councilman-at-Large, Oliver Thomas, and the newly elected City Council for a four-year term beginning June 1, 2006.

Congratulations, Arnie! Please read more about Councilman Fielkow at his website.

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