The Planter's House is now the BBLNWR Visitor Center

The House

From its original location on the lake, the house was moved to its current location, where volunteers worked tirelessly to create the beautiful building that now houses offices, a conference room and the Friends' Gift Shop. More of the history of this amazing transformation to come ...

Visitor Center Building was once a Plantation Home on the bayou. Moved and Renovated by FoBB Volunteers.

All photos are copyrighted and used here with permission. This Page Header photo entitled "Quiet, Calm and Snow" was the winner of 3rd place Professional Scenic in 2015 by photographer Berg Ransom.

Egrets, alligator, dragonfly, canoe, maypop passion flower, owl

FoBB Officers 2019
President: Ann B. Smith (318) 503-5125 email: bloxom51@gmail.com
Vice President: Kristopher Kelley (318) 680-6411, email: friendsofblackbayou@gmail.com
Treasurer: Robert Eisenstadt (318) 342-1151
Recording Secretary: Theresa Do
Membership Secretary: Cyndy Hardaker
Education Director: Angela Crigger Harrison
Shop Directors: Leslie Calhoun and Gloria Dedmon
At-Large Board Members: Anna Hill, Monica Boudreaux, Kelby Ouchley, Becky Ham,
Deborah Evans, Cindy Hardaker, and Melanie Dedmon

Contact the Visitor Center at 318-387-1114 for more information.
Visitor Center is located at 480 Richland Place, Monroe LA

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Note to Photographers: All photos used on the FoBB web site are with permission. We may have cropped or optimized some of the photos to fit the pages and load quicker. If we have used YOUR photo and you would prefer that we remove it, Please send us an email and let us know. We do plan to change photos often. Thank you for continuing to share your talents and the refuge with the rest of the world.