(Sponsored by the West Gulf Plain Chapter of Wild Ones)
8 am: Tour of Broadleaved Barbara’s Buttons and Snowy Orchid. Also maybe other orchids and for sure other plants. Depart from Allen Acres
12-1:30 pm Lunch Break
1:30 PM “Afternoon Field Trip” or Allen Acres Tour
* During the weekend, we will continue our bioblitz by adding any new species to the cumulative Allen Acres list
For more information, contact Dr. Charles Allen or Susan Allen 337-328-2252 email
bmF0aXZlIHwgY2FtdGVsICEgbmV0. You are invited to stay in the B and B (www.allenacresbandb.com) at a special $80 rate per night.
Directions to Allen Acres: From the east sides of the state, get on La 10 going west out of Oakdale and follow La 10 thru Elizabeth and Pitkin and then six miles past Pitkin, you will enter Cravens. In Cravens you will turn south (left) onto La 399. La 399 is just east of the two stores in Cravens. If you are coming from the west, you will turn onto La 10 at Pickering and follow La 10 just south of Ft Polk and continue east for about 15 miles. After entering Cravens, watch for the store on the right and then turn right onto La 399. Now all are on La 399, follow it south for 1.8-1.9 miles and in a sharp curve to the left, turn right into our driveway. If you are coming from the south, get on La 112 (an east-west road) just se of DeRidder and turn north onto La 399. You will travel north on La 399 for six miles and turn left into Allen Acres.
Also check out other Sports events in Pitkin.
