Outdoors

LDWF's near real-time landings data collection program, indicates that 849,993 pounds, or 91% percent, of Louisiana’s 2024 annual private recreational allocation of 934,587 pounds have been harvested during the 2024 Red Snapper season.

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will conduct two youth waterfowl lottery hunts, 30 marsh waterfowl lottery hunts, and 30 rice field waterfowl lottery hunts on White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area this fall.

The populations of BBWDs have grown exponentially in the last two decades throughout the southeast US. Not only are their populations expanding into residential and metropolitan areas, but they are also creating agricultural losses for rice farmers in southwest Louisiana.

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) and the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Foundation (LAWFF) are teaming up to present two Women’s Fishing 101 Workshops this fall. The workshops are open to women over the age of 18 who are looking to become knowledgeable and confident anglers.

LA Creel, LDWF's near real-time landings data collection program, indicates that 657,996 pounds, or 70.4% percent, of Louisiana’s 2024 annual private recreational allocation of 934,587 pounds have been harvested during the 2024 Red Snapper season.

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) released the latest private recreational Red Snapper landing estimates through July 14, 2024. LA Creel, LDWF's near real-time landings data collection program, indicates that 656,241 pounds, or 70.2% percent, of Louisiana’s 2024 annual private recreational allocation of 934,587 pounds have been harvested during the 2024 Red Snapper season.

LA Creel, LDWF's near real-time landings data collection program, indicates that 607,581 pounds, or 65.0% percent, of Louisiana’s 2024 annual private recreational allocation of 934,587 pounds have been harvested during the 2024 Red Snapper season

A team of conservationists from Audubon Zoo and the U.S. Forestry Service recently released six young Louisiana Pine Snakes in the Kisatchie National Forest in north-central Louisiana. Louisiana Pine Snakes are widely considered one of the rarest snakes in the country

More recently, the snails have begun to infest rice and crawfish ponds in southwest Louisiana where they are having severe economic impacts. Mitigation efforts are critical to reducing the snails’ impacts to our natural waterways and rice/crawfish aquaculture systems.

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) would like to congratulate the Louisiana 4-H Shooting Sports Team for winning the 4-H Shooting Sports National Championship. It is Louisiana’s fourth national championship in the last five years.

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) enforcement agents will take part in Operation Dry Water from July 4 to July 6.

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced the 2024 spring inshore shrimp season will close at 6 p.m. on Monday, July 1, 2024, in all state inside waters from the Mississippi/Louisiana state line westward to the Louisiana/Texas state line.

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) has released its 2024-25 hunting regulations pamphlet online at the LDWF website.

This closure is necessary because NOAA Fisheries is projecting the commercial annual catch target of 58,650 pounds whole weight will be met on June 30, 2024.

“Louisiana has a long list of conservation success stories that are supported by our hunters and landowners. This will be another example of one of those success stories," said Secretary Madison D. Sheahan.