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2 Your Town Clinton: One of Louisiana's oldest forestry associations keeps growing in East Feliciana
2+ hour, 7+ min ago (233+ words) CLINTON - The Feliciana Forestry Association, one of the oldest forestry associations in Louisiana, has been connecting landowners across the Felicianas since 1994. The group focuses on education, teaching landowners better forestry techniques and practices through workshops, newsletters and field days. The…...
LDWF investigating after three Canada geese shot at East Lakeshore Drive
1+ week, 3+ day ago (139+ words) WBRZ LDWF investigating after three Canada geese shot at East Lakeshore Drive BATON ROUGE - The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is investigating after three geese were shot at East Lakeshore Drive. LDWF officials are on scene investigating after someone…...
One Tank Trips: Institute For Marine Mammal Studies
1+ week, 5+ day ago (354+ words) GULFPORT, Miss. " Visitors at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies' Ocean Adventures Marine Park in Gulfport, Mississippi, can step into an up-close marine life experience where swimming with dolphins, snorkeling with stingrays, and meeting sharks is all part of the…...
East Feliciana animal preserve claims feds 'wrongfully confiscated' their sick giraffe
2+ week, 6+ day ago (26+ words) A small-scale nature preserve that markets up-close encounters with exotic animals says federal regulators overreached this week when they took away its ailing giraffe....
Louisiana has around 3 million alligators, and residents will soon be able to hunt them recreationally
3+ week, 5+ day ago (247+ words) BATON ROUGE " Louisiana now has its first recreational alligator hunting season after Gov. Jeff Landry signed Act 37 into law. The bill was authored by Sen. Robert Allain III, a Republican from Franklin, and is supported by the Louisiana Department of…...
Wildlife officials say Duson man took sharks, Spanish mackerel illegally
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (132+ words) DUSON " State wildlife officials say a Duson man was accused of violating federal regulations by snagging four sharks and undersized mackerel in his shrimp trawls. Joshua Thanh Dinh, 53, allegedly violated regulations regarding "highly migratory species" and coastal migratory pelagic species....
Chicago man arrested for allegedly shooting endangered whooping crane in Evangeline Parish
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (240+ words) PINE PRAIRIE " A Chicago man was arrested for allegedly killing an endangered whooping crane in Evangeline Parish, the second crane killed there in recent months." The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said that on March 19, biologists reported a lost…...
With gator population booming, recreational hunting season on the horizon
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (433+ words) BATON ROUGE " Bills creating an annual recreational alligator season from October through December have begun advancing through the state Legislature this week. "This industry has been so successful in conservation and bringing the American alligator back from, really, the brink…...
Flamingos return to the University Lakes ahead of Krewe of Spanish Town
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (146+ words) WBRZ Flamingos return to the University Lakes ahead of Krewe of Spanish Town BATON ROUGE " It's Carnival Time in the capital city, and that means the flamingos have returned to the lakes! Every year in the lead-up to the Krewe…...