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About & Contact Me
My name is Kelby Ouchley. I am a naturalist and worked as a biologist and manager of National Wildlife Refuges for 30 years, mostly in Louisiana. Since retiring I have spent my time writing, traveling, and chasing dragonflies. Since 1995 I have written and narrated a weekly natural history radio program for the public radio station that serves the Ark-La-Miss (KEDM 90.3 FM). A while back I received the Governor’s Conservationist of the Year award from the Louisiana Wildlife Federation. I live with my wife Amy on the edge of the D’Arbonne Swamp in a cypress house surrounded by white oaks and black hickories.
This site is a natural history collection of interests, issues, ideas, and concerns pertaining to the biological world. Some are displayed in the glass cases of my writings and photographs, while others are on loan from curators far and wide. The title Bayou-Diversity is a blend of the terms
bayou and biodiversity – bayou because I live in a place saturated with over
400 of these curious watercourses, biodiversity because the well-being of our species is closely linked to this dimension of all life forms. Adhering to the adage of “write what you know,” most artifacts here will have a lower
Mississippi Valley bent. However, a primary maxim of modern environmental education espouses the connectivity of all living things everywhere. For me this site will be a success if it stimulates visitors to consider the likes of how cell phone towers in Virginia, rain forest logging in Peru, natural gas wells in Wyoming, and the conservation of Asiatic lions are connected to the environs of Louisiana bayous. Of course, selling a few books along would help maintain the exhibit hall.
Feel free to drop me a line at: rockybranch@centurytel.net
2 Responses to About & Contact Me
Kelby, I always enjoy Bayou Diversity, but I was particularly interested in your presentation on KEDM on Thursday, July 21, which I only caught the last part of and am not 100% sure of the overall content, but it was intriguing to me. You spoke on a subject which is a major concern of mine about the contentiousness with which people of differing opinions play loosely with the facts and I believe that you quoted Daniel Patrick Moynihan. I called KEDM about getting a replay, but archived issues stop with 6/20 about the Blue Jay. If I must wait until this issue is archived, I will, but would appreciate getting a replay of this presentation.
Thanks!
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