Tracey Graham, City of Shreveport, Glenn Prickett, Nature Conservancy, Loren Demerath, A Better Shreveport

Tracey Graham, City of Shreveport, Glenn Prickett, Nature Conservancy, Loren Demerath, A Better Shreveport , a photo by trudeau on Flickr.

The ABS visit by the Nature Conservancy's Glenn Prickett drew a healthy crowd this week.

ABS member William C Hartman III noted, "Definitely encouraged by the potential for cooperation among public and private sectors! We have to make it happen."

And, said Robert E Trudeau: "One sort of eye-opening phrase: green infrastructure. That means you can't continue to curry a city without being mindful of its trails, parks and smart use of the empty lots and hidden fields."