Louisiana Iris Conservation Initiative

August 7, 2025 Grand Isle, La. The Grand Isle Garden Club is taking on a big responsibility — maintaining the Louisiana iris bog along...

July 22, 2025 Livingston Parish, La. The Friends of Palmetto Island State Park, Inc. , the Greater New Orleans Iris Society  (GNOIS),...

July 15, 2025 Abbeville, La. Two dedicated volunteers who braved thunderstorms, deer flies, intense heat—and even a snake or two—completed a mission to help preserve one of Louisiana’s rarest native plants. On July 9, 2025, on a typically muggy July day, Gary Salathe with the Louisiana Iris Conservation Initiative (LICI) and Ed Wilhelm of the Abbeville Garden Club collected 91 seed pods from wild-growing Iris nelsonii —commonly known as the “Abbeville Red” iris—in the Abbevil