Atchafalaya Basinkeeper's Executive Director and Basinkeeper, Dean Wilson, will be our speaker for the May ABK Acadiana meeting! He will be discussing the management plan, sedimentation in the Basin, and flood protection. Come learn about how this impacts Lafayette and the surrounding communities!

About Dean Wilson:
Captain Dean A. Wilson is our Executive Director and Basinkeeper. American-born, Dean grew up in Spain but came to Louisiana in 1984 en route to the Amazon. After living in the Basin’s deep swamps for 4 months with only a spear, a few hooks, a bow and arrows, Dean fell in love with the swamps, lakes, bayous and rivers of the Atchafalaya Basin. Dean chose to stay in the Basin, working as a commercial fisherman before forming Basinkeeper in 2004, a proud member of the Waterkeeper Alliance. Dean's passion for the Basin is evident to all who know him. When he is not out patrolling or educating communities about the Basin and its many threats and treasures, he works with his family-owned and operated swamp tour business, Last Wilderness Swamp Tours.