LDWF agents help rescue boaters from the Atchafalaya River

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) enforcement agents participated in a successful search and rescue mission in Avoyelles Parish on March 11. LDWF Cpl. Douglas Anderson received a call around 4 p.m. about a capsized vessel in the Atchafalaya River at Simmesport with two boaters in the water. Anderson and Simmesport volunteer fireman, Cody Jackson, launched Anderson’s vessel…

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