On Our Watch

Halle Parker is the Coastal Desk Reporter for WWNO - New Orleans Public Radio. She reports on a wide range of environmental topics including Louisiana’s coastal landloss crisis, the energy sector, environmental justice issues, and much more. She is also the co-host of WWNO’s Sea Change podcast. 

WWNO’s Coastal Desk - https://www.wwno.org/coastal-desk

Sea Change Podcast - https://www.npr.org/podcasts/1172193717/sea-change

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Dan Favre is the Director of Environmental Programs at the Greater New Orleans Foundation, an institution dedicated to driving positive impact through philanthropy, leadership, and action in the Greater New Orleans Region. Dan has spent many years working in environmental advocacy. In this position, Dan works to ensure equitable climate change adaptation and mitigation in the region.

Greater New Orleans Foundation: https://www.gnof.org/

To watch our feature length documentary, On Our Watch, visit: https://youtu.be/hTOl5tMKjZw

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Scott Ancar is the Owner and Manager of Jennie V’s Seafood, an oyster distributor based in Houma, Louisiana. Scott is a pillar in the oyster industry, bringing over 35 years of oyster harvesting and farming experience. He runs Jennie V’s Seafood together with his wife, Jennie V Ancar.

Jennie V’s Seafood: https://www.jennievsseafood.com/

To watch our feature length documentary, On Our Watch, visit: https://youtu.be/hTOl5tMKjZw

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Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/zQYkL3K-neU

Renee Collini, Ph.D., Director of the Gulf Center for Equitable Climate Resilience at The Water Institute, brings years of experience in providing tools and support to federal, state, and local entities pursuing adaptation and resilience strategies. In her position, Renee draws from on-the-ground experience working in underserved communities and navigating federal, state, and local governmental processes and systems to help support effective and equitable climate resilience planning and action in communities across the Gulf Coast.

The Water Institute: https://thewaterinstitute.org/

To watch our feature length documentary, On Our Watch, visit: https://youtu.be/hTOl5tMKjZw

For more information and past episodes, visit: https://onourwatch.podbean.com/

Erik Johnson is the Director of Conservation Science for the Audubon Delta office of the National Audubon Society. Audubon Delta works across Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds and their habitats. Erik joined Audubon in April 2011 as a Conservation Biologist for the Mississippi Flyway and Gulf Coast Initiative, and since then has helped develop many bird monitoring initiatives including Audubon’s Coastal Bird Survey.

Audubon Delta - https://delta.audubon.org/

Urban Native Greens community science nest monitoring initiative - 

https://delta.audubon.org/urbannativegreens

https://urbannativegreens.fieldscope.org/

To watch our feature length documentary, On Our Watch, visit: https://youtu.be/hTOl5tMKjZw

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Jessica Henkel is the Deputy Director to the Chief Scientist at the Water Institute as well as the Director of the RESTORE Act Center of Excellence for Louisiana. Jessica brings 15 years of research, collaborative science and planning to her role coordinating technical teams at The Water Institute. Her areas of expertise include science advising and coordination, structured decision making, large-scale restoration planning, and avian ecology. 

The Water Institute: https://thewaterinstitute.org/

To watch our feature length documentary, On Our Watch, visit: https://youtu.be/hTOl5tMKjZw

For more information and past episodes, visit: https://onourwatch.podbean.com/

Dean Wilson is the Executive Director and Founder of Atchafalaya Basinkeeper. A member organization of Waterkeeper Alliance, Atchafalaya Basinkeeper’s mission is to protect and restore the swamps, lakes, rivers, streams and bayous of the Atchafalaya Basin for future generations. Dean is deeply passionate about the Atchafalaya Basin. When he is not out patrolling or educating communities about the Basin and its many threats and treasures, he works with his family-owned and operated swamp tour business, Last Wilderness Swamp Tours.

Atchafalaya Basinkeeper: https://www.basinkeeper.org/

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Beaux Jones is the President and CEO of the Water Institute, an independent, non-profit applied research organization that works across disciplines to advance science and develop integrated methods used to solve complex environmental and societal challenges. Beaux has extensive experience in environmental and coastal law and previously served as the General Counsel and Chief of Staff for the Water Institute.

The Water Institute: https://thewaterinstitute.org/

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Alisha Renfro is the Senior Manager for Science Policy & the Gulf Program at the National Wildlife Federation, a conservation organization that’s part of the Restore the Mississippi River Delta’s 5-group coalition. At the  National Wildlife Federation, Alisha works to ensure the best available science is used to highlight the ecological and economic importance of the Mississippi River Delta and the solutions that are needed in the pathway forward to a more sustainable future.

National Wildlife Federation: https://www.nwf.org/

Restore the Mississippi River Delta: https://mississippiriverdelta.org/ 

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Mark Schexnayder is the Senior Biologist at Batture, a civil engineering and land surveying firm based in New Orleans that specializes in coastal projects. Mark is a career biologist who has previously held respected roles at the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and LSU AgCenter. Mark also helped craft the Bayou St. John Management Plan and lead several restoration projects in the bayou and in New Orleans City Park.

Batture: https://www.batture-eng.com/

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