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LSU professor works with Coast Guard on hurricane preparedness

As sure as the sun will set, at least one hurricane will blow through the Gulf Coast region each year.

7th annual Fête-Dieu du Teche Eucharistic Boat Procession to honor the Christian family

The 40-mile Eucharistic Procession by boat, Fête-Dieu du Teche 2021, is to take place Aug. 15, and coincides with the Year of St. Joseph and the Year of the Family.

Make your home more resilient for hurricane season

A resilient home is one that can be quickly restored at minimal expense to a safe, healthy and comfortable home after a natural disaster. The following hurricane and flood-resistant home improvements can ramp up your home’s resilience.

National WWII Museum, UL Lafayette join forces for display of state’s war efforts

A collection of artifacts, oral histories and photos at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s Edith Garland Dupré Library recognizes the state’s contributions during World War II.

Whooping crane population continues to make progress

Patience has paid off for one of Louisiana’s female whooping cranes that was a part of the initial population from 2011The female crane, designated L7-11, laid the first egg of the experimental population in 2014. However, that attempt, along with subsequent others for her, were unsuccessful.

Louisiana Farm Bureau elects leadership

The voting delegates of the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation elected Jim Harper, a rice, crawfish, sugarcane and soybean farmer in Rapides Parish, to a second term as president of the state’s largest general farm organization.

Take advantage of trial garden evaluations

I recently visited a few trial gardens across the South to see what’s new in the ornamental plant world. I saw some wonderful plants and got excited about some of the up-and-coming cultivars being tested for use in the landscape.

LDWF clarifies new lifetime license structure after recent legislative session

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) has received a large volume of calls regarding the future of their lifetime licenses in the wake of the recent legislative session. Act 356-HB 691, recently signed by Gov.

Parts of Sherburne WMA Shooting Range to be closed for construction beginning Monday

Portions of the Sherburne Shooting Range Complex, located on the Sherburne Wildlife Management Area (WMA), will be closed beginning Monday for renovation and infrastructure improvement, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) announced.

Edwards OKs trading higher unemployment benefits for ending federal assistance

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards signed into law a bill that will end federal pandemic unemployment in exchange for a long-term increase in state unemployment benefits. The bill passed last week as the state’s regular legislative session came to a close.