The Grand County Blues Society and the Voice of The Wetlands announce the 4th Annual Tab Benoit Golf Classic. This tournament started before Katrina to help create awareness about Louisiana's coastal erosion, specifically in Southwest La. We need people from all over the country to come to Colorado and make a statement. This year we are gathering on Aug 22nd at The Grand Elk Golf Club Granby Colorado at 9am. Fly in to Denver and its a 2 hour drive. This will be a 4 person scramble, 150.00 per person and it includes a ticket to the show Friday night with Tab Benoit and special guest Mike Zito. You can find a team when you get here. Contact Megan at 970-531-0519 or email cattbox@grandblues.org.

All net proceeds go to Voice of The Wetlands organization. This tournament has sold out every year so don't wait.

We are also seeking silent auction donations. This may not be the best you ever play but it can be the best reason you ever played.

Photos from the 2007 Voice of the Wetlands Festival are now online.
Please click on the link(s) below to view the photos.

Voice of the Wetlands Festival photo gallery #1

We would like to thank everyone who came out and supported our 4th Annual Voice of the Wetlands Festival this October 12, 13, and 14th at Southdown Plantation in Houma. We had a great turnout this year and we hope to continue this trend and add to it in the future. This year we incorporated "discovery flights" over Terrebonne Parish, where individuals could get a birds-eye view of the reality of coastal erosion, for an unforgettable life-changing experience. These flights are still available. Click here for the contact information to schedule your flight today, and to help yourself better understand the severity and the urgency that South Louisiana faces.

We are looking for volunteers for next year's festival, which will be held on October 10th, 11th, and 12th, so if you are interested, please email us and let us know. Also, if you would like to subscribe to our quarterly newsletter (seen below), please send an email to voiceofthewetlands@hotmail.com and request to be put on our mailing list.

Thank you very much for your support! We truly appreciate it.

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Louisiana's wetlands are inhabited and surrounded by life. A life nurtured historically by the natural flow of the Mississippi River, America's mighty artery which deposited sediment to create and shape the wetlands of south Louisiana as it held the Gulf of Mexico in check.

It's more than a Louisiana culture. It's America's culture. As the wetlands supports this culture, it serves a crucial role in the American economy. Seafood. Natural gas. Oil, petrochemicals. Plastics. Protection of population centers and major industrial hubs from hurricanes.

The wetlands of Louisiana fade daily due to erosion - at the rate the size of one football field an hour. When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dammed the Mississippi with levees, it cut the river's ability to hold back the power of the Gulf. The Gulf has been winning for nearly 100 years - and its spoils are lost land that equals the state of Delaware (and then some) in size so far.

Louisiana and all of America will be affected if the demise of Louisiana's wetlands should continue. Voice of the Wetlands (VOW) is the voice of those people who seek human intervention to fix a natural balance disrupted by human intervention.

Continue to visit this Web site to learn more about the problem, possible solutions, funding sources, plus Louisiana's culture and heritage to help us make the changes necessary before these problems become too big to overcome, no matter who tries to intervene.

I ask you to VOW to make a difference.
Tab Benoit -President, Voice of the Wetlands