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White Lake Rice Field and Marsh Lottery Hunt Applications Being Accepted

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is now accepting applications for the 2010-11 waterfowl marsh and rice field lottery hunts on the White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area in Vermilion Parish. Applications for both hunts are due in room 458 at LDWF's headquarters, 2000...

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) will host two public hearings this month to determine if there are concerns on the proposal to re-establish a non-migratory flock of whooping cranes in the wetlands of southwestern Louisiana....

Friday, September 3, 2010

Teal season opens Saturday, Sept.11, and thousands of hunters will make their first waterfowl hunts in the coastal marshes since last winter. Although no areas in Louisiana are closed to hunting due to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill impacts, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF...

Friday, September 3, 2010

The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission, in consultation with Kisatchie National Forest (KNF), is requiring a permit for those deer hunters on KNF during the “with or without dogs” portion of the hunting season, Dec. 18 to 24 and Dec. 26, 2010. The permits will be available...

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Today, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission modified the existing rules for the commercial harvest of spotted seatrout to extend the harvest season. This action was taken in an effort to remain consistent with legislation passed in the 2010 Regular Louisiana Legislative Session,...