(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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
LWF Supports Proposed Changes to Spotted Seatrout Rules Louisiana Wildlife Federation (LWF) supports the amended Notice of Intent (NOI) adopted by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission in August to […]
Earlier this year, LWF passed a resolution on offshore wind energy in the Gulf of Mexico and signed on to a letter with other environmental organizations to the federal Bureau […]
LWF Raises Concerns to Wildlife & Fisheries over Catahoula Lake
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 […]
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