Let BREC connect you with nature and the great outdoors. Visit unique facilities like BREC's Blackwater Conservation Area, Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center, the Botanic Garden and much more.
Upcoming Events
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Science & Nature Facilities
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Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center
Botanic
Gardens
Cohn
Arboretum
Conservation
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Farr Park Equestrian Center
Lakes and
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Highland Road Observatory
BREC's Baton Rouge Zoo
Upcoming Science and Nature Events
Recent Science and Nature News
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Baton Rouge Bicentennial Oak Dedication
In partnership with BREC, The Baton Rouge Bicentennial Commission, The East Baton Rouge Parish Library System, and Baton Rouge Green, a Live Oak will be planted at Expressway Park in honor of Baton Rouge’s 200th birthday.
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Highland Road Park Observatory Celebrates 20 Years of “Bringing Astronomy to the People”
This year the Highland Road Park Observatory (HRPO) celebrates its 20th anniversary of “brining astronomy to the people.” The Highland Road Park Observatory is brought to the public by BREC, Louisiana State University’s Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Baton Rouge Astronomical Society and held its first public night in the Fall of 1997. The observatory houses a state-of-the-art 20-inch reflecting telescope, which has been used to discover more than 40 asteroids, and an accessible 16-inch reflecting telescope.