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Upcoming Events
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Tab Benoit at Jazz Fest
Friday, April 25th, 2008
4:20pm Southern Comfort Blues Tent
New Orleans Fairgrounds New Orleans, LA

VOW Allstars at Jazz Fest
Sunday, April 27th, 2008
2:00pm Acura Stage,
New Orleans Fairgrounds
New Orleans, LA

Tab Benoit Golf Classic
Friday, August 22nd, 2008
Winter Park, Colorado

VOW Allstars join forces with the Friends of New Orleans for the
National Democratic Convention
Sunday, August 24th, 2008
Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, Colorado

and also the

National Republican Convention
Monday, September 1st, 2008
The First Avenue Club, Minneapolis, Minnesota


The 5th Annual Voice of the Wetlands Festival
October 10th-12th, 2008
Southdown Plantation, Houma, Louisiana

 

Wetlands in the News
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Wetlands Projects Vie for Nods
Saturday, April19th, 2008
Times Picayune


Coastal Restoration Options
Saturday, April 19th, 2008
Times Picayune

Bush Picks New Recovery Director
Friday, April 18th, 2008
Times Picayune


State May Be Spilling Coast's Rescue
Friday, April 18th, 2008
Times Picayune

Work to Control Montegut Levee Breach Continues Despite Setbacks
Friday, April 18th, 2008
Houma Courier

Study Aims To Quantify Oil Port's Significance
Friday, April 18th, 2008
Houma Courier

LA Coast to Benefit from Latest Gulf Oil-Lease Sale
Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Houma Courier

Realistic Picture is Vital to Fix our Problems
Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Houma Courier

Art Project's Goal to Increase Awareness
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Houma Courier

What the Giant Suck Sounds Like
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
Houma Courier

Another Morganza Hurdle Stirs Frustration
Sunday, February 24th, 2008
Houma Courier

Erosion Defense Yet to Begin in Full in Louisiana
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
WWL-TV

LA Coast to Benefit from Latest Gulf Oil-Lease Sale
Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Houma Courier

Oil Fight is One the State Must Win
Sunday, November 4th, 2007
Houma Courier

Louisiana Touts Itself as America's Main Oil Artery
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Houma Courier

Motorcyclist Raises Awareness About
Louisiana's Coastal Erosion
Monday, July 30th, 2007
bnet.com

Governor Doyle Proclaims
September Coastal Awareness Month in Wisconsin
Friday, September 1, 2006
Wisconsin.gov

Federal Wetlands Report Misleading
Denver Post April 9, 2006


 

Voice of the Wetlands
in the News

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Louisiana's Natural Defenses at Risk
USA TODAY December 19, 2007

Benoit Concert Benefits Local Food Bank
Sky-Hi Daily News November 2, 2007

Tab Benoit Golf Classic a Huge Success
Grand County Blues Society October 8, 2007

Listen to Tab Benoit Live on National Public Radio’s “Talk of the Nation” 2/19/07
NPR, February 19, 2007

New Orleans' biggest problem isn't failing levees
Fortune Magazine, August 11 2006

Katrina's fury will hit IMAX in 'Hurricane on the Bayou'
USA Today June 30, 2006

Bluesman with a mission Tab Benoit is passionate about rebuilding, protecting hurricane-ravaged Louisiana
Kalamazoo Gazette July 2, 2006

Mardi Gras benefit to help preserve wetlands
Vail Daily July 2, 2006

Tab brought the storm
Roanoke Times June 8 2006

Tab Benoit – saving the planet one song at a time
Pelican Press February 2006

Tab Benoit on...Hurricane Katrina
Guitar Player February 2006

Domestic Bliss - Down on the bayou
CSIndy - October 27, 2005

Soul of New Orleans
Vail Daily October 2, 2005

Something lost and something gained
Vail Daily September 29, 2005

Voice of the Wetlands Myspace Page

Voice of the Wetlands – Music making a difference
Birder's World Magazine

Wikipedia - Tab Benoit

 

VOW All-Stars
CD reviews


After the Storm

Bledsoe: Musicians do their thing to aid Gulf Coast

CD Reviews - Voice of the Wetlands Review

 

Other Wetlands Articles


Wikipedia - Wetlands

 

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