Abbie Judice Acosta is the conservation director at Moncus Park in Lafayette, which includes 100 acres of diverse landscape, including 20 acres of bottomland hardwood forest.

Memorial Day weekend 2020, I joined the Stories Behind the Stars project. This volunteer-led project honors the 421,000+ service men and women who died in WWII. I committed to writing the stories for ...

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Asbestos exposure on U.S. Navy ships during the 20th century put veterans at risk of mesothelioma. See a list of ships with asbestos.