Some observations on the contents of the forthcoming Master Plan, which includes a discretely buried reference to a proposed rental facility on the Fly.

The preliminary draft of a new master plan for Audubon Park calls for adding a labyrinth near the Audubon Zoo, a children's playground near Magazine Street and a four-field baseball complex and several buildings in the Riverview section next to the Mississippi River.

Revisiting the subject of executive compensation at the Audubon Nature Institute.

There has been a surprising amount of media coverage of the Audubon Commission's plan to either reclaim parts of Audubon Park from encroaching neighbors or to charge them for it. We think the issue raises some wider questions...

Walnut Street residents who feel miffed at the Audubon Commission's demand that they stop encroaching on park property should consider how they would feel if the situation were reversed.

A timely editorial from Urban Conservancy

What Wedding Guests at the new 'clubhouse' might expect to encounter on their way in.

On what is news and what isn't news in the Times-Picayune

Trespassing hits new high at Audubon (Private) Golf Club.

A letter to the Times-Picayune suggesting shared-use for greenspace in Audubon Park.

A commentary on the beautiful views that the golf course supposedly offers to golfers and non-golfers alike.

Demonstrating that when you call for "public input" you cant predict what people are going to say.

A letter to the Times-Picayune on opposition to the "ill-laid plans of influential organizations"

A letter to the Times-Picayune on the plight of Meditation Walk

An enthusiastic review of the new Audubon Golf Course

A selection of letters praising the new course itself and the new Audubon Park.

A letter to the Times-Picayune commenting on Audubon's motives for the new course versus their stated interest in creating a beautiful view for us all.

A report on the Audubon Golf Course preview.

Praise for the new short-course at Audubon, and for reversing "encroachment from the surrounding park" (that's you) and "decades of indifferent maintenance" (who would that be?)

A letter to the Times-Picayune on subjectivity and manipulation in news reporting

The Board of Zoning Adjustments voted unanimously to uphold the city's decision to issue a building permit for the 7,800-square-foot clubhouse to be built in the heart of Audubon Park

Ron Forman's apparent salary leap in 2000, turns out to be just a one-off payment for vacation and sick-pay accumulated over 30 years. Warning: do not try this at YOUR workplace.

The Audubon Commission has asked a panel of community leaders, most of whom have close ties to the commission or the Audubon Nature Institute, to review the findings of an investigation into the causes of an Aug. 7 accident that dumped 10 visitors into the shark tank at the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas.

The Nagin Administration is apparently reviewing all city contracts with an eye for patronage, especially by the outgoing mayoral administration. We have an idea of one they might look at...

A news report about the Nagin administration's effort to review all city contracts for compliance with the Home Rule Charter, especially with regard to convenient last-minute contract adjustments in the previous mayoral administration.

A report on the appeal by Save Audubon Park to the Board of Zoning Adjustments arguing that the construction of a restaurant in Audubon Park, even if disguised, is still illegal.

A preview of the upcoming Audubon Commission meeting where the Commission will have the final word on the future of the Hyams Fountain. Apparently they "will likely to endorse the plan to be proposed by Ron Forman" (stranger things have happened).

A strangely familiar letter from one local resident on the subject of Audubon Commission plans for the Hyams Fountain - more than 15 years old and it could have been written this week..

A letter to the Times Picayune concerning Audubon Park's 800lb gorilla and its appetite for expensive city paperwork.

A letter to the Times-Picayune clarifying the issues of jurisdication and accountability (as seen from City Hall).

In response to Mr Batt's comments at the June 6th City Council meeting that we have refused to identify on our website the people responsible for our attacks on Forman and other Audubon officials, and castigating us for our "reprehensible" and "belligerent" tone we publish here a letter written by SaveAudubonPark president Debra Howell to Mr Batt on June 4th, addressing his initial demand for the names of the culprits.

An attempt by critics of the Audubon Nature Institute to give the City Planning Commission a voice in how land is in Audubon Park is used was shot down Thursday by the New Orleans City Council.

Critics who have complained for months about plans to close Hurst Walk as part of a $6 million reconstruction of the Audubon Park golf course can take a bow.

Writing in "Field Notes", the newsletter of the National Association of Olmsted Parks, Esley Hamilton provides a recap of the project from an informed perspective.

In a letter to the Times Picayune, this writer points out additional landmarks under the jurisdiction of the Audubon Institute that are suffering deterioration.

A letter to the Times-Picayune detailing the disappearing landmarks in Audubon Park.

Proof-reading Ron Forman's "Letter from the CEO" in December's Audubon Institute member newsletter

A letter to the Times Picayune, supporting Chris Rose on the subject of neglect in Audubon Park.

A letter to the Times Picayune, warning of the message that Audubon neglect is sending to future donor's to Audubon Park.

Celebrity handyman Bob Vila drops by this columnist's old house, but instead of fixing the toilets, he tries to rescue a neglected Audubon Park landmark.

ANI bags 4th spot in National Award - unfortunately its for "Misleading Environmental Claims of the Year"

A letter to the Times-Picayune arguing that opponents of Audubon's golf course and clubhouse plans are not necessarily opponents of "change"

Report on the March 21st City Council meeting and the Cooperative Endeavour Agreement.

A review of the Insectarium project, and other Audubon developments.

An interview by Renee Sutton with Audubon's Dale Stastny, in which he claims that the new golf course is more in keeping with Olmsted's original intentions and that that the Audubon Nature Institute is an "environmental organization".
 Who knew?

A Tulane student reviews the current controversy in the light of Ken Wilber's "Full Spectrum" approach to problem solving.

A letter to the City Planning Commission requesting review of the Audubon golf course renovation.

A letter to the Times-Picayune about the nature of the Audubon Park controversy.

A letter to the Times-Picayune about the demolition of the Heymann Conservatory.

A letter to the Director of Safety and Permits about the proposed demolition of the Heymann Conservatory.

A letter to the Times Picayune about the proposed demolition of the Heymann Conservatory.

Notes from two meetings with the Audubon Institute and Audubon Commission.

A letter of support from the President of Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy, Inc.

A letter outlining the problems as we see them, and how an acceptable solution can be found.

An article from The Tulane Hullabaloo

Safety is a bad excuse for a bad project.

Maybe it is goofballs rather than golf balls the public needs to be protected from.

A letter to the Times-Picayune putting the park redevelopment plan in a wider context.

A response by www.saveaudubonpark.org to Mr Forman's recent letter.

A letter to the Times Picayune, defending the plan, by the President of the Audubon Institute.

A letter to the Times-Picayune, from the Chair of the New Orleans chapter of the Sierra Club

Transcript from a recent news feature on WDSU regarding local opinion.

A letter to the Times-Picayune from one local resident.

A case of parklandius publicus nonprofitalis - will it be fatal?

"Beware the for-man, for he is the Devil's pawn. Alone among God's primates, he kills trees for sport or lust or greed. Yea, he will murder his brother to possess his brother's land. Let him not breed in great numbers, for he will make a desert of his home and yours. Shun him, for he is the harbinger of executive golf."

A letter to the Times-Picayune from a concerned local resident.

A critique of the Audubon Institute renovation plan, and of media coverage of it.

A letter to the Times-Picayune from a local golfer, pointing out that the new course will in some ways be inferior to the existing one.