Exciting news to share for conservation in Louisiana! The bill creating the Louisiana Outdoors Forever conservation funding program (HB 762) has been passed by the Louisiana Legislature. The bill, introduced […]
Historic Conservation Legislation Establishes Louisiana Outdoors Forever Program Read More »
You spoke up and they listened! In its original draft Environmental Impact Statement released in October 2021, the U.S. Army Corps (Corps) of Engineers selected the use of mitigation banks
UPDATE (4/4/2022) – You can view the recording of this meeting here. Louisiana Wildlife Federation will be hosting a meeting in St. Charles Parish for the public to learn about
In July 2024, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) listed the Pearl River map turtle as threatened. Here’s the announcement. It did not make a decision to designate the
Pearl River Map Turtle Comments: Yes for listing, designate habitat too Read More »
Louisiana Wildlife Federation is asserting that it is too early to declare delisting of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. Before delisting, a thorough review of all of the files and sources needs
Too Soon to Declare Ivory-billed Woodpecker Extinct Read More »
At the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission meeting today, members learned more about the suspected case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a deer harvested in Tensas Parish. A hunter
CWD in Louisiana Likely Found; LDWF to Activate Response Plan Read More »
Update (3/17/22): On Wednesday, March 16, 2022, the CPRA Board unanimously passed the FY23 Annual Plan. The Plan must now make its way through the Louisiana Legislature. The 2022 Regular
State’s annual coastal spending plan released, tops $1B for first time Read More »
A new year means a new cohort of Louisiana Wildlife Federation’s (LWF) Edgar Veillon Conservation Leadership Corps (CLC)! LWF has selected 20 undergraduate students from 9 universities in Louisiana for
LWF Announces 2022 Conservation Leadership Corps Students Read More »
Louisiana Wildlife Federation (LWF) supports a change to regulations for recreational harvest of spotted seatrout (speckled trout) in Louisiana to address the reported decrease in species population over the past
LWF Urges Changes to Spotted Seatrout Regs to Recover Population Read More »
By Rebecca Triche, LWF Executive Director In March 2020, just before the COVID-19 quarantine started, we visited Kisatchie National Forest to see the aftermath of forest damage due to a
Kisatchie National Forest, Longleaf Pine Restoration, Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Recovery Read More »