louisiana wildlife and fisheries

Explore how Louisiana's 2024-25 deer season could shape up, with insights on weather, habitat, and challenges like CWD and feral hogs.

According to Sheriff Becket Breaux, at approximately 8:20 am this morning (4/2/24), deputies with the St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office Marine Patrol Division recovered the body of 27-year-old Ronald James Batiste.

If you haven't seen it, a post to the Mire, La Community Page on Facebook appears to show something Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Agents say simply isn't possible in Louisiana.

There is now a $15,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of whoever is responsible for the shooting of 2 endangered whooping cranes this month, killing one of them.

If you're novice boater or a seasoned old salt, there is always something new to learn when it comes to keeping yourself, your passengers and your craft safe on the water. Besides it is the law that you take and pass a boater education course to be certified to operate certain watercraft on state patrolled waters.