Events & Announcements
Annual Hunting and Fishing Day event to be held at Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge
The Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge will be holding its annual Hunting and Fishing Day event on September 19, 2009.[…]
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Events & Announcements
L.D.W.F. accepting applications for Wildlife Management Area lottery hunts
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is accepting applications for lottery hunts to be held on several Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) this upcoming hunting season.[…]
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In the Bag
Even though killing gets lower on our priority lists as we get older, there’s no doubt that we all want to kill something when we go hunting. […]
Events & Announcements
L.D.W.F. to begin accepting applications for boat titles this week
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) will begin accepting applications for boat titles effective Aug. 25, 2009.[…]
Events & Announcements
Sept. 4 – 6 Weekend Sales Tax Holiday to benefit hunters, target shooters
The Louisiana Department of Revenue (LDR) has issued rules and dates for the first annual “Louisiana Second Amendment Weekend Sales Tax Holiday.”[…]
Events & Announcements
Boaters reminded of new boating regulations
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Law Enforcement Division (LDWF/LED) is advising boaters to be aware of new boating regulations that will go into effect on Aug. 15, 2009 including new regulations on personal flotation devices (PFD) also known as life jackets.[…]
Events & Announcements
Mats installed improving road access to Elmer’s Island
Visitors to Elmer’s Island Wildlife Refuge will have improved beach access thanks to the installation of concrete revetment mats on the property.[…]
Events & Announcements
2009 Louisiana fall shrimp season to open August 10
The fall inshore shrimp season will open in Shrimp Management Zones 1, 2 and 3 at 6 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 10, 2009.[…]
Events & Announcements
Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge hosts informational exchange meeting regarding the upcoming 2009-2010 Refuge hunting season.
Tensas River NWR would like to announce an information exchange meeting on the 2009-2010 hunting season for the Refuge.[…]
Events & Announcements
L.D.W.F. to hold alligator lottery hunts
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) will conduct alligator lottery hunts on four Coastal & Nongame Resources (CNR) Division Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs), 11 Wildlife Division WMAs and 16 public lakes for the 2009 alligator harvest season in order to increase alligator harvest opportunities for the public.[…]
Events & Announcements
Elmer’s Island beach area accessible from LA 1 on weekends starting July 3
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) and the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LADOTD), announced Tuesday, June 30, 2009 that the public road to Elmer’s Island in Jefferson Parish has been repaired and will be open for the 4th of July holiday weekend, as of Friday, July 3, one half hour before sunrise.[…]
Events & Announcements
L.D.W.F. Aquatic Plant Control Program increasing salvinia weevil population on Lake Bistineau
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries’ (LDWF) Office of Fisheries is moving large quantities of salvinia weevils into Lake Bistineau in northwest Louisiana as part of a multi-tiered treatment effort to slow the growth of giant salvinia.[…]
Events & Announcements
L.D.W.F. treats Toledo Bend for aquatic weeds
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Office of Fisheries section treated 1,542 acres of invasive aquatic weeds on Toledo Bend from June 1-5.[…]
Events & Announcements
Fishing and hunting recreational licenses to expire June 30
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries would like to remind the state’s recreational anglers and hunters that their 2008-09 licenses will expire on June 30.[…]
Events & Announcements
Vernon Lake to be lowered for repairs
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Inland Fish Division, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) and the Vernon Parish Police Jury are scheduling a summer/fall drawdown for Vernon Lake beginning June 1, 2009 and extending through Oct. 31, 2009.[…]
Events & Announcements
More road closures on Grassy Lake W.M.A. due to high water
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has temporarily closed the Murphy’s Ditch crossing near the Red River Bay on Grassy Lake Wildlife Management Area (WMA) due to flooding from the Red River.[…]