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.[…]
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.[…]
Monroe, La. — Due to high water on the Ouachita River and flooding of the 16,000-acre Mollicy Unit, the East Side of Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge, near Bastrop, La., is closed to ensure public safety.[…]
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) will periodically close the U.S. Hwy. 11 gate that provides vehicle access to the Pearl River Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in St. Tammany Parish for the next two weeks due to ongoing bridge repairs.[…]
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has temporarily closed the Cas Cas Road on the Grassy Lake Wildlife Management Area in Avoyelles Parish due to flooding from the Red River.[…]
The opening dates of the 2009 Louisiana spring shrimp season were announced at the May 7 meeting of the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission.[…]
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Wildlife Division has reopened the U.S. Hwy. 11 gate that provides vehicle access to the Pearl River Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in St. Tammany Parish.[…]
This week the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Office of Fisheries stocked a total of 252 adult Florida largemouth bass into the New Orleans City Park lagoon system.[…]
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is sponsoring a Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) workshop from March 20 through 22 at the Camp Grant Walker 4-H Center located just north of Alexandria in Pollock.[…]
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is currently accepting prescribed burning technical and financial assistance applications for landowners in the West Gulf Coastal Plain (WGCP) ecoregion located in northwestern Louisiana.[…]
Governor Bobby Jindal has appointed Ann Taylor to an at-large position on the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission.[…]
The oldest and largest Gulf Coast boating and sport-fishing show returns to the New Orleans Morial Convention Center on Wednesday, Jan. 7, showcasing hundreds of the newest boats and boating accessories at the best deals of the year.[…]
Gov. Bobby Jindal announced Dec. 15 that Elmer’s Island, a once popular destination for coastal fishermen, campers and other outdoor enthusiasts, is open again for public recreational use. The state is opening 250 acres of Elmer’s Island for public use after extensive title research found that this portion of the island is the property of Louisiana.[…]
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) and Bossier City Police Department (BPPD) responded to a call on Sunday, Nov. 30 that a cougar had been spotted in a residential neighborhood in Bossier City.[…]
Change. It’s the word of the year.[…]
Barry Brechtel, well-known and highly regarded fishing guide and part-owner of Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale, died early Tuesday morning, Nov. 25, when his pickup truck slammed a utility pole on the Florissant Highway in lower St. Bernard Parish.[…]