Update (1/16/24): Due to hazardous weather conditions, CPRA has cancelled the meetings scheduled January 16 in Houma and January 17 in Lake Charles. We’ll provide an update if those meetings […]
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(1/2/2024) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved Louisiana’s application for regulatory oversight of carbon dioxide injection wells, known as Class VI wells. The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (LDNR)
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Update (12/13/23): The State Mineral & Energy Board has approved both operating agreements. You can read the press release here. Louisiana Wildlife Federation submitted comments in response to two draft
Update (11/28/23): The area map and draft operating agreement for Cajun Wind is now available on the DNR website and has been added to this post below. The Louisiana
The Coastal Barrier Resource System includes 3.5 million acres of barrier islands, beaches, and wetlands along the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean, Great Lakes, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin
In a disappointing move on Tuesday, November 7, the Joint Natural Resources committee voted to reject the Notice of Intent for new redfish rules approved by the Louisiana Wildlife and
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If you’re following the observed declines in redfish populations, you may want to know that the proposed changes to recreational redfish harvest will receive oversight by the Legislature’s Joint Committees
The MRGO Must Go Coalition – which Louisiana Wildlife Federation is part of – and other community organizations recently submitted a letter to Assistant Secretary of the Army Michael Connor
LWF among 30 groups urging Corps to prioritize MRGO ecosystem restoration Read More »
LWF has submitted a letter to the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the Wildlife & Fisheries Commission highlighting concerns over Catahoula Lake. Catahoula Lake, located in central Louisiana, is
LWF Raises Concerns to Wildlife & Fisheries over Catahoula Lake Read More »
Commercial Menhaden Industry Continues to Draw Criticism Members interested in recreational saltwater fishing may want to attend Thursday’s Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission meeting or follow the meeting online. Click
Saltwater Fisheries Will Dominate Commission’s October 5th Meeting Read More »