I hope they leave it as remote and inaccessible as it is today. The salvinia needs to be dealt with but what's wrong with leaving some areas remote and not accessible to every Tom, Dick and Harry?

I hope they leave it as remote and inaccessible as it is today. The salvinia needs to be dealt with but what's wrong with leaving some areas remote and not accessible to every Tom, Dick and Harry?

I agree with Addicted to Quack. We need to have some remote areas.

I hope they leave all of it inaccessable. The critters need a place to hide out.

I'm just cautious about LdWf taking on more land,when in distant memory they were crying about not having any funds. I can remember them crying about have no spare tires,shutting down WMAs,laying off game wardens,if taxes weren't raised to bail them out. There is always been fighting over operational funds,since they operate out of the general fund and have to fight with other state govt bodies to operate. It almost was seem like a hostage situation.
With that said,I would like to know want 'management' has taken place since Maurepas WMA has been created. Have you got enough agents to police it from poaching? I was in a hunting club that was annexed,camp burned down ect,and I'm good with that,we should have bought it when we had chance. What I know is that the clubs that had it before at least police the area,had a vested intrerest in stopping poaching. I can sure speak for our club building wood duck boxes,working with LSU on weevils for salvina contol,keeping eye on interior of land. The self clearing box on New River today is still on the dock we built,not the LDWF.
I'm just cautious when gov takes over anything.

I HEARD THEY ARE TAKING ON MORE LAND THIS YEAR COMING TO. I HEARD JIMMY BOYCE LAND AND SORRENTO HUNTING LAND

they get more land from down there no hunting hard walking nutria get out of control alligators get bigger more deer an deer get blue tounge an die so who does it benifite not me cause i was one of them clubs that lost it but we will get it back one day

Goose, how are they gonna get Boyce land when he OWNS it??rnrnRedtop I feel your pain my friend as I was in one of those clubs also, but I dont see it ever coming back to us. Its a sad situation that had to happened to that place.

The LDWF has scheduled a press conference for Friday 3-2-12 to announce 'a Major Property Acquisition That Will Expand The Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area.'

THEY CAN TAKE ANY LAND IF THE LAND OWN GIVES IT UP. THIS WAS A RUMOUR I HEARD.

FIRST THING REDTOP YOU CAN GET A PERMIT TO RUN THE AIRBOATS DURING THE OFF SEASON TO CLEAN THE RUNS TO GET THE GO-DEVELS TO MAKE IT EASIER.I KNOW THEY DUE DOWN RESERVE CANAL. SECOND OF ALL AIRBOATS DO NOT MESS UP THE SWAMP THEY ARE JUST VERY. AND WERE ARE THEY HOLDING THE MEETING

Well I know Jimmy Boyce and I can guarantee you he isnt giving up ANY land!!!

THAT WHAT I THOUGHT TO I GUESS WE WILL WAIT AND SEE.

My father along with local leaders,biologist,heads of LdWf,concerned sportsman attended a meeting on new Maurepaus WMA and about revitalizing old area 13 Lutchermoore area(across from Kasier aluminum plant,near reserve canal area). Many things were disscussed,water contol structures ,letting swamp go dry then flooding,flood gates,salvina control,ect. The thing I found most interesting is a guy working for LdWf told the panel 'hey guys we are taking in too much land,we cannot manage what we have now!'....I take my hat off to a guy that has the guts to tell it like it is! Although the panel didn't want to hear it,atleast one guy still has the balls to tell the truth and plead sanity to his fellow coworkers. If I was a betting man ,I'll bet they will make some plans to get hold of the billions of dollars from BP for swamp restoration,which sounds good at first glance,but this money will be tied up in studies for many years,with no action,making the private owned study companies millions....your not going to have to look to far or hard to see a brother in law connection,hope I'm wrong...I love this swamp