This weekend I picked up a 1938 War Department Army Corps of Engineers Map of our area. It was evidently the precursor to the USGS 15 minute maps of today....
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Juliette
jmail@...
Oct 12, 2000 3:42 am
Hi Jonathan, Generous offer...thanks; yes, I'd love a copy. How big is it? Leaving town tomorrow till Sunday so you may not hear from me until after then......
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Juliette
jmail@...
Oct 12, 2000 3:45 am
"Generous" as in magnanimous. I expect to pay for my copy, of course......
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Jim Ragland
gatrtour@...
Oct 12, 2000 10:10 pm
Jonathon: I'd LOVE a copy. The only places I know of that may have the capability of copying that would be Kinko's or Baton Rouge Blue Print. Just let me...
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Juliette
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Oct 13, 2000 10:45 am
Hi Jim, I went to the LSU library and copied the 2 publications Jonathan located. I can make you copies if you like (which will be far easier off my copies...
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Scott Jonathan T.
scottjt@...
Oct 13, 2000 12:51 pm
Thank You, Thank You! I still haven't made it back to LSU to copy the thesis and it looks like you have. I'd love a copy of the thesis! It looked like it...
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Scott Jonathan T.
scottjt@...
Oct 13, 2000 12:56 pm
Thanks for the suggestions, I'll try to get it copied this afternoon or this weekend. It looks like Juliette has us hooked up with the thesis. I think I...
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Scott Jonathan T.
scottjt@...
Oct 13, 2000 4:15 pm
Jim & Juliette (and anybody else who wants map copies). Kinko's is the cheapest. They can do it for ~$50 (with tax) for a one piece copy or ~$9 (with tax) for...
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Scott Jonathan T.
scottjt@...
Oct 13, 2000 9:02 pm
I found out from the USGS that we can get historical USGS Quadrangle Maps for $12 each. These are 7.5 minute black and white maps. Here's what they have ...
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Scott Jonathan T.
scottjt@...
Oct 13, 2000 9:06 pm
I see the message I sent put a line break in the web link to the map page. If you can't figure out how to link to the full address, go to ...
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Scott Jonathan T.
scottjt@...
Oct 13, 2000 9:08 pm
It did it again. Copy and paste everything between the quotes below into your browser. ...
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Juliette
jmail@...
Oct 19, 2000 1:52 pm
Jonathan and Jim, I'm ready to go make copies of the 2 printed documents. I'll e-mail when I have them, probably early next week. Do either of ya'll have a ...
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Dana & Jonathan Scott
djscott@...
Oct 20, 2000 2:38 am
Has anybody noticed the clumps of aquatic weeds that are rapidy taking over the bayou (not the duckweed)? Is this the same aquatic weed that caused part of...
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pastacks
psc@...
Oct 20, 2000 5:43 am
There's a drawing in Survival in the Marsh (Dept of Wildlife and Fisheries Wildlife Education Bulletin No. 111) that looks suspiciously like what is in the...
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Scott Jonathan T.
scottjt@...
Oct 20, 2000 1:37 pm
I dawned on me the other night that I had saved some quad maps out of an old Texaco Oil Spill Prevention Plan. I pulled them out last night and found that I...
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Jim Ragland
gatrtour@...
Oct 21, 2000 6:01 pm
I'd love a copy. Also, I have the books to get the Iberville map for you. Thanks. Jim Alligator Bayou rom: "Scott Jonathan T." <scottjt@...>...
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Scott Jonathan T.
scottjt@...
Apr 10, 2001 4:15 pm
The Bayou is Full of downed trees along its entire length and is blocked about 100 yards east of the Old Jefferson Bridge (I cut a canoe path Friday but it may...
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Juliette Navratilova
jmail@...
Apr 11, 2001 1:35 pm
Is this supposed to be good news? Anxious? I'll say! Snags are an integral part of wildlife habitat, not to mention current diffusers in high water. In...
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Scott Jonathan T.
scottjt@...
Apr 11, 2001 2:37 pm
I'm not sure if it's good or bad news. I do like to canoe the bayou and with the current number of obstacles, I don't know how much longer I could expect to...
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pastacks
psc@...
Apr 11, 2001 9:34 pm
Jonathan, I'm not sure if you were kidding when you mentioned the 24 ft party barge and the jet skis. Don't know if you were living here when there WERE a...
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pastacks
psc@...
Apr 11, 2001 10:03 pm
...Oops, sorry. Sent my last post without finishing it. A few years back, we had a jet skier chasing ducks (when there were ducks in residence). I...
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Scott Jonathan T.
scottjt@...
Apr 12, 2001 6:22 pm
I forgot to mention that I spotted a ~4 ft alligator in Bayou Manchac just across from Alligator Bayou Saturday. A friend and I canoed from Bayou Paul in St....
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Juliette Navratilova
jmail@...
Apr 13, 2001 2:29 pm
Jonathan, I gotta tell you, I sure am bummed about this. It cannot be a good thing for naturalists. Paddlers are FAR outnumbered by motorboats who will no...
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Charles Horton
firo@...
Apr 13, 2001 8:13 pm
Juliette, I can sure understand your concern. I live on the Little Boga Falaya River right outside Covington. (The reason I watch this list is because I used...
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Scott Jonathan T.
scottjt@...
Apr 30, 2001 4:01 pm
Clear all the way for canoes. Clear for all other boats from the Interstate to the Amite. On Saturday a friend and I canoed from Alligator Bayou to Bayou...
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Scott Jonathan T.
scottjt@...
May 3, 2001 5:59 pm
Here is a story from today's Advocate about the clearing. A man I work with says that the Corps did this to a smaller bayou behind his house about 10 years and...
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Scott Jonathan T.
scottjt@...
May 3, 2001 6:37 pm
In the Advocate Article, the Ascension Parish Public Works Director, Bill Roux, stated that "We have a certain amount of input into what stays or what goes."...
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Scott Jonathan T.
scottjt@...
May 3, 2001 7:20 pm
Correction. The email address for Mr. Bill Roux is broux@... ... From: Scott Jonathan T. [SMTP:scottjt@...] Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001...
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Scott Jonathan T.
scottjt@...
May 3, 2001 8:09 pm
Here is the public notice and the Corps Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact in MS Word Format. I'm not sure if Word attachments can...
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pastacks
psc@...
May 3, 2001 9:07 pm
Jonathan, I got both attachments okay. Sounds like we'd better make lots of noise pronto if we want to keep our little bayou... pam c...
