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Juvenile whooping cranes released last week at White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area. (Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries photo)

Juvenile whooping cranes released last week at White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area. (Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries photo)

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Juvenile whooping cranes released

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, November 18, 2022
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) recently added 10 whooping cranes to its experimental population, the most since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
Graduate students working in Rodrigo Diaz’s lab searched the Gulf Coast for evidence of an invasive insect, the roseau cane scale, in the fall of both 2021 and 2022. (Photo by Rodrigo Diaz/LSU AgCenter)

Graduate students working in Rodrigo Diaz’s lab searched the Gulf Coast for evidence of an invasive insect, the roseau cane scale, in the fall of both 2021 and 2022. (Photo by Rodrigo Diaz/LSU AgCenter)

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Insect infesting coastal cane expanding range eastward

Kyle Peveto / kpeveto@agcenter.lsu.edu
Thursday, November 17, 2022
An invasive insect that could be weakening stands of roseau cane across the Mississippi River Delta has spread farther east along the Gulf Coast, according to surveys performed by LSU AgCenter researchers. Native to China and Japan, the roseau cane scale was initially found in Louisiana in 2016.
A whooping crane cares for its chick, hatched during the 2022 nesting season in Louisiana.

A whooping crane cares for its chick, hatched during the 2022 nesting season in Louisiana.

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La. whooping crane population adds record 8 wild hatched chicks

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, September 9, 2022
The 2022 breeding season was a big success for Louisiana’s experimental whooping crane project as eight wild hatched chicks have fledged and been added to the Louisiana population.

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Bassmaster ranks 4 Louisiana lakes among nation’s top fishing

From The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
The Bassmaster Magazine’s “Top 100 Lakes” for 2022 includes four lakes managed by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Louisiana is no stranger to this annual list.
Virginia creeper, left, and poison ivy, right, grow alongside each other on a trail in the Clark Creek Natural Area. (Photos by Heather Kirk-Ballard/LSU AgCenter)

Virginia creeper, left, and poison ivy, right, grow alongside each other on a trail in the Clark Creek Natural Area. (Photos by Heather Kirk-Ballard/LSU AgCenter)

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Leaves of three, let it be

Heather Kirk-Ballard / LSU AgCenter horticulturist
Friday, May 20, 2022
You’ve probably heard the old saying, “Leaves of three, let it be.” For those who have spent time in the great outdoors, this is a rite of passage, much like the art of making s’mores. So, what am I talking about, and why is this important?

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Jennings man sentenced for wildlife hunting violations

Harlan Kirgan
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Trevor Istre, 22, of Jennings, has been sentenced by U.S. Magistrate Judge Kathleen Kay to five years of unsupervised probation and a $3,000 fine for taking migratory birds with the aid of a motor vehicle, taking migratory birds during a closed season, and taking migratory birds in violation of...
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents display fish seized aft4er four people were arrested in Vermilion Parish on Dec. 1. (Submitted photo)

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents display fish seized aft4er four people were arrested in Vermilion Parish on Dec. 1. (Submitted photo)

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Eunice man among 4 cited for recreational fishing violations in Vermilion Parish

Harlan Kirgan
Thursday, December 2, 2021
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents cited four individuals for alleged recreational fishing violations in Vermilion Parish on Dec. 1.

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Juvenile whooping cranes released at White Lake WCA

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, November 19, 2021
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) added three whooping cranes last week to its experimental population as it seeks to re-establish the state’s whooping crane population.