Mermentau River Watershed Coalition

A few weeks ago, I stepped into the NRCS Field office in Jennings, LA, on recommendation from Tim & Bill Wild, friends and local farmers.  Bill is a Police Juryman for Jefferson Davis Parish and Tim is the current president of the Jefferson Davis Soil and Water Conservation District.  They both recommended I speak with Nikki McGee, a technician in NRCS office.  NIkki was in possession of historical studies of the Mermentau Watershed, according to

As our research on available watershed literature continues, we thought a map would help to frame our discussions. Below is a Mermentau River Watershed map.  The watershed’s boundary was developed from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset, and is a combination of the Upper and Lower Mermentau Watersheds (HUC-8s).  The background is USGS topo map available online through a web server.  Also included for reference are Parish boundaries and labels.  Some things i found surprising: 1. All