Community Engagement 2024-2025

Krewe de Coulee is a post-Mardi Gras community clean-up effort. Following the Mardi Gras season, litter left behind from parade goers and parade throws pollutes the roadways and campus and community grounds. This waste can enter the coulees that run through Lafayette and damage the Bayou Vermillion Watershed.

Grab your krewe and join us for UL Lafayette Krewe de Coulee as we clean up the Lafayette Parade Route after Mardi Gras to keep our storm drains and coulees free from litter left over from Mardi Gras on March 6th with Parish Proud!

Krewe de Coulee is an annual post-Mardi Gras community clean-up effort. Following the Mardi Gras season, litter left behind from parade goers and parade throws pollutes the roadways and campus and community grounds. This waste can enter the coulees that run through Lafayette and damage the Bayou Vermillion Watershed so its vital to clean it up before rain washes everything down the drains. Last year we had 170 volunteers in 40 krewes and 1 Coulee Monster collect a total of 1,085 lbs of Mardi Gras litter from 60% of the Lafayette Parade Route. Lets see if we can make an even bigger impact this year!

Everyone is welcome to attend this post Mardi Gras cleanup! The first 100 to register will get a Krewe de Coulee T-shirt.
There will be awards for the largest krewe and for the krewe the most creative name.