Hunting
Cost-sharing assistance available to landowners for longleaf pine restoration and management
A Longleaf Pine Restoration and Management Landowner Field Day and Workshop was held June 27 at the Marsh Bayou WMA in Evangeline Parish.[…]
LDWF news
Bass Fishing
LDWF’s fish hatcheries complete 2025 spring Florida Bass stockings
The LDWF Inland Fisheries Section stocked approximately 5.3 million freshwater sportfish into 56 waterbodies statewide.[…]
News Breaker
Louisiana Black Bear Hunting Lottery to open July 28, 2025
The Louisiana Black Bear Hunting Lottery will open to state hunters July 28 and run through Aug. 28, the LDWF announced.[…]
Hunting
LDWF accepting applications for deer and waterfowl lottery hunts on WMAs
The LDWF is accepting applications for deer and waterfowl lottery hunts on LDWF WMAs for the 2025-2026 hunting season.[…]
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Thomas “Tommy” Tuma appointed as new Assistant Secretary of the Office of Wildlife
Long-time LDWF employee Thomas “Tommy” Tuma appointed as the Assistant Secretary of the Office of Wildlife by Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry.[…]
Fishing
LDWF schedules drawdown for Lake Bistineau
The LDWF has scheduled a drawdown of Lake Bistineau, located in Webster, Bossier, and Bienville parishes, to help control giant salvinia.[…]
News Breaker
LWFC approves NOI for changes to Scenic Rivers Program
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission approved a Notice of Intent (NOI) for changes to the Scenic Rivers Program.[…]
Hunting
Hunting rules, regulations, season schedules for 2025-26 now available
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has released its 2025-26 hunting regulations pamphlet online at the LDWF website.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF agents investigating fatal boating incident in Iberville Parish
LDWF enforcement agents are investigating a fatal boating incident that occurred in Iberville Parish on July 11.[…]
Hunting
LWFC approves NOIs for changes to LDWF Nuisance Wildlife programs
The LWFC approved NOI for changes to the LDWF Nuisance Wild Quadrupeds and Nuisance Wildlife Control Operators (NWCO) program.[…]
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LDWF agent receives Charter Boat Association award
The LCBA awarded LDWF enforcement agent, Senior Agent Dustin Barton, the fourth annual Theophile Bourgeois Memorial Award.[…]
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LARE, LDWF to host Snake Week presentation in Lafayette on July 14
The LARE, along with the LDWF, will hold a seminar on snakes at the Heymann Recreational Center in Lafayette.[…]
News Breaker
LWFC approves resolutions for Flatwoods Savanna, Bogue Chitto WMAs
The LWFC approved resolutions for two new LDWF Wildlife Managements Areas (WMA) during its July meeting Tuesday, July 8, in Baton Rouge.[…]
Fishing
LDWF agents arrest 19 subjects for DWI during Operation Dry Water
In support of Operation Dry Water, the LDWF Enforcement Division arrested 19 boaters statewide for alleged DWI.[…]
Fishing
LDWF schedules 2025 drawdown for Black and Clear Lake
A temporary drawdown of Black and Clear Lake (Natchitoches Parish) has been scheduled by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries.[…]
Fishing
LDWF schedules 2025 drawdown for Iatt Lake
The LDWF and the Louisiana Department of Transportation have scheduled a four-foot drawdown for Iatt Lake in Grant Parish.[…]