The Louisiana spring squirrel hunting season begins Sunday in most parts of Louisiana and lasts until May 26, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) said.
The Louisiana Wildlife Federation (LWF) is calling upon residents and businesses throughout the state to join others in turning off bright or excess lighting from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m.
Rice Field Road and Signo Road in the Thistlethwaite Wildlife Management Area (WMA) have been temporarily closed due to oil and gas activity, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) announced.
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) enforcement agents participated in a successful search and rescue mission in Avoyelles Parish on March 11.
Colt Smith, 9, of Eunice, caught a 50 lb. snapping turtle on March 10 in the Jeff Davis Parish Swamp. Colt has been running catfish nets with his father, Sam Smith, a commercial fisherman, and this year began running a few nets of his own.
The Center for Biological Diversity increased the total reward to $15,000 for information leading to a conviction in the illegal killing of a whooping crane near Mamou.
The McNeese State University men’s and women’s rodeo teams both placed second in the first rodeo of the spring semester at the Texas A&M University – Commerce rodeo competition Feb. 2-3.
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents cited an Opelousas man for hunting violations in St. Landry Parish on Dec. 14.
H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) is once again causing mortalities in wild birds in Louisiana, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) said.
With assistance from the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Foundation (LWFF), Audubon Nature Institute and the Dallas Zoo, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) added four new whooping cranes to its experimental population Sunda