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.

FoBB Officers 2020
President: Gloria Dedmon
President-Elect: Deborah Evans deborahjo.evans@yahoo.com 318-381-3540
Past President/Historian: Ann Smith
Treasurer: Anna Hill
Membership Director: Josh Bamburg
Education Director: Clair Calhoun Roane
Shop Director: Leslie Calhoun
At-Large Board Members: Vernon Wells, Ron Hiltz, Dean Matherne, Becky Ham, Rico Pleasant, Joydeep Bhattacharjee, Anirudh Girey.

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.