On your walk, collect beached sea creatures to bring back to the classroom or laboratory for identification. Take a water sample for water quality analysis. Make a list of plants and live animals you see. Swimming at Fourchon Beach is at your own risk, with no life guard on duty. There are dangerous currents around rock jetties and barges, so avoid swimming in these areas.
Strict supervision is advised.
Notice the mangroves at the marina on your way in. Notice the dock and surrounding spartina grass, but stay off the dock. A long-term research project measuring the affects of sewage injection into the marsh is being conducted here so please touch nothing. Take a water sample here and compare the water quality with that at the beach. Also make a list of plants and animals you find here and compare this list with your beach list.