Now is the time to be fishing the fertile waters stretching from the Mississippi River’s South Pass to Four Bayou Pass, as Deepwater Horizon’s oily fingers are turning westward to raise the distinct possibility of recreational fisheries closures as early as next week.[…]
Oil from the destroyed Deepwater Horizon began making landfall last night (April 29), the Associated Press reported.[…]
Recreational fishing in much of Southeast Louisiana was closed today at 6 p.m. as oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster edged into to the coast.[…]
The amount of oil leaking from the destroyed Deepwater Horizon could be five time more than originally believed, and the oil sheen was found just 16 miles out of South Pass yesterday afternoon, officials are reporting.[…]
Louisiana coastal residents should brace for a “major impact” when oil from the Transocean spill first reaches the Bayou State coast sometime on Friday.[…]
The U.S. Coast Guard is planning to set a portion of the crude oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico from the downed Deepwater Horizon rig that exploded and sank last week, the Associated Press is reporting.[…]
LouisianaSportsman.com took a quantum leap today by upgrading its forum and reports sections.[…]
A West Carroll Parish farmer reported a dead Louisiana black bear yesterday (April 8), and Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents are asking for help in discovering who killed the animal.[…]
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Bogalusa will be holding their Sportsman’s Paradise Expo and wild-game cooking competition on Saturday, May 8.[…]
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Hank Johnston, the Boat Doctor, wrote a great article about the effects of ethanol on marine motors, and he’s agreed to allow it to be used in my blog. Please take the time to read it, and let us know what you think.[…]
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal told the Coastal Conservation Association Friday night (March 5) that the state has never done more to reverse the loss of its wetlands than it’s doing now.[…]
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will be closing Price Lake Road on Rockefeller State Wildlife Refuge on weekdays from March 15 through April 2 to allow for storm-related repair work to the levee road.[…]
Before all your focus has turned to turkey hunting and blasting that bearded gobbler, and before March Madness peaks and you’re consumed with basketball brackets, how about checking out the great shows offered this month to Louisiana sportsmen?[…]
Louisiana bluesman and conservation advocate Tab Benoit has been chosen to receive the Louisiana Wildlife Federation’s Governor’s Award – Conservationist of the Year for 2009.[…]
Governor Bobby Jindal has been advocating canning the lieutenant governor’s office since Mitch Landrieu announced he was running for mayor of New Orleans, and that idea has been elevated now that Landrieu is set to take the reigns of the Big Easy on May 3.[…]