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A Grand Isle snail hunt: How these LSU students are studying Louisiana’s changing coast
1+ hour, 26+ min ago (722+ words) Ankle deep in the muck, LSU students combed through tall grass in the brackish marsh of Grand Isle, Louisiana, searching for snails. They were looking for specimens that had been tagged and color coded earlier in the summer. The retrieved…...
Duck numbers down in recent survey; May ponds' increase only bright spot
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (717+ words) About the only good news coming from this year’s annual waterfowl breeding count survey is the increase in the number of breeding ponds across the Canadian provinces and northern U.S. states. The news from the Sept. 1 report is that numbers…...
Dove season completes our 'paradise' claim; Second Amendment days ahead
1+ week, 4+ day ago (701+ words) As our summer’s last holiday, Labor Day, nears, Louisiana outdoors gets to fulfill another part of what makes us The Sportsman’s Paradise. Beginning Saturday, we will open a stretch of nine months of almost continuous hunting seasons. Yes, dove season…...
Quail chapter reemerging, red snapper seasons to open
2+ week, 4+ day ago (786+ words) Maybe you have to be old, not just older, to remember what a bobwhite quail’s call sounds like — bob-WHITE. Nothing in nature makes something even approaching that melodious sound. Fact is, not many of us hear that call now. Quail…...
Editorial: Officials should approach changes to preservation law with caution
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (400+ words) One reason Louisiana could never be mistaken for Anyplace USA is our physical surroundings, not just the natural beauty but an array of architecture so diverse and distinct that — as Hollywood location scouts know well — it could conjure pretty much…...
Mike the Tiger swims on a hot day
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (30+ words) The Advocate Mike the Tiger took a midday dip in his pool at the LSU habitat to the enjoyment of many visâ¦...
Was it a mastodon carcass or a fish kill that attracted the horde of carrion crows to Carencro?
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (735+ words) In 1802, Spanish commandant Martin Duralde shared the story of a dead elephant carcass swarmed by vultures in southwest Louisiana with Indian agent John Sibley, who passed it on to the American Philosophical Society. The society published the story in 1809 and…...
Letters: Newspaper’s editorial opinions should stay the course on Coastal Master Plan, science
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (271+ words) The Mississippi River and New Orleans The headline "La. should redouble coastal protection efforts" suggested continuity with that record. The substance did not. I read with profound disappointment an editorial offering volunteers bagging oyster shells as the antidote to studies…...