534. Johnny Armstrong

534. We talk to Johnny Armstrong about his new book, Rescuing Biodiversity The Protection and Restoration of a North Louisiana Ecosystem. According to the LSU Press website, "Restoration ecology is a vital tool to mitigate the crisis caused by the global destruction of biodiversity, one of the most powerful existential threats to future generations. Johnny Armstrong’s Rescuing Biodiversity tells the story of one man’s attempts to preserve a vanishing Louisiana ecosystem and restore the animal and plant species that once lived there. As a grandfather and perpetual student, Armstrong witnessed the speed at which the timber industry pillaged local landscapes, and he resolved to protect and revitalize the old-growth forest of Wafer Creek Ranch in north central Louisiana.... Author, conservationist, and retired medical doctor Johnny Armstrong lives with his wife, Karen, in an old-growth forest and woodland protected by the Nature Conservancy outside of Ruston, Louisiana."

1. This week in Louisiana history. August 4, 1901. Allen Greene school opens in town of Grambling, will later become Grambling State Univ.
2. This week in New Orleans history. On August 12, 1963. Lee Harvey Oswald pled  guilty to the charge of disturbing the peace and was fined $10 after being arrested and jailed on August 9 and 10 for fighting with Carlos Bringuier while handing out pro-Castro leaflets in the 700 block of Canal Street.  On August 16, Oswald distributed Fair Play for Cuba leaflets with two hired helpers in front of the International Trade Mart.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   Mansfield Female College Museum
   Website
   101 Monroe St.
   Mansfield, LA 71052
   318.871.9978
   Tuesday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
   The first women's institute of higher learning west of the Mississippi River, Mansfield Female College Museum is located about a half-hour's drive south of Shreveport. Established by the Methodist Church in the 1850s, it served the needs of families in this region of Louisiana for more than 70 years until it was closed and merged with nearby Centenary College in Shreveport. During the Civil War, the college's buildings served as hospitals for wounded soldiers from the nearby Battle of Mansfield, and a supposed ghost from that era even became something of a mascot for later classes of schoolgirls! The museum features much of the art, pottery and crafts produced by the students as well as a surprising array of memorabilia—rings, commencement dresses, artwork, yearbooks and other items—drawn from the alumnae of the institution and their families.
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Rug Cutters at the Favela Chic Bar on Frenchmen.

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