PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Commercial fishing taking place worldwide has dipped since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, but scientists and conservation experts say it's unclear if the slowdown will help endangered species of marine life recover. Hours logged by…
NEW ORLEANS — The Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, an advocate for coastal sustainability, water quality and environmental education for more than three decades, has rebranded as Pontchartrain Conservancy effective immediately. The comprehensive rebrand, which includes a new website, logo and…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The federal government is giving $840,000 to 12 states in a task force seeking ways to reduce the size of the low-oxygen “dead zone” that forms every year off Louisiana's coast. The allocation, announced in an Environmental Protection…
BATON ROUGE – Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser and the Atchafalaya Trace Commission announced the selection of Justin Lemoine as executive director of the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area. Recently, Lemoine was the director of implementation for the Center for Planning Excellence’s…
LAFAYETTE (AP) — Only a kayak, paddle and life vest are needed. And maybe some fishing skills. Kayak fishing has caught on as a popular past time during coronavirus. The activity is naturally isolating, a good excuse to leave the…
NEW ORLEANS - Supply chain disruptions and increased demand during the coronavirus lockdown have combined to make new bicycles hard to find in New Orleans and nationwide. The result is one of the rare silver linings of the pandemic: local…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Baton Rouge company has a $55 million contract for work on a flood-control canal planned for decades. The Comite River Diversion Canal would redirect high water from the Comite and several bayous in northern East…
NEW ORLEANS - Since the COVID-19 shutdown, the golf course at Audubon Park has been taken over as a spot for biking, walking and other recreational activities. It's almost as if park visitors suddenly discovered an 81-acre secret garden hidden…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A measure to grant funding to eradicate the invasive swamp rat known as nutria has passed the U.S. House with the help of a large, stuffed rodent. California Rep. Josh Harder brought the carcass named Nellie to…
Here's the week that was: Looking Up Experts say there are two to three times the amount of crawfish this season compared to last year so prices are way down and everybody's salt intake is way up. ... The Port…
BATON ROUGE - Louisiana officials are looking for ways to promote recreational access to waterways while protecting the rights of property owners and minimizing the costs to state taxpayers of any changes. It’s a tricky balancing act in a state…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana's lawsuit alleging that a federal canal has expanded well beyond its legal boundaries and is eating away at state land was rejected Tuesday by a federal appeals court. The 2018 suit claimed the Gulf Intracoastal…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission has set shrimp season to open Monday, but at two different times. From the Atchafalaya River Ship Channel at Eugene Island westward to the western shore of Freshwater Bayou, commercial…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana is warning boaters to watch out for manatees, threatened marine mammals which have migrated from Florida across the Gulf Coast. The state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said West Indian manatees have been…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's recreational red snapper season has closed. The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced Saturday evening that anglers were expected to reach their quota of 743,000 pounds of red snapper on Sunday. The weekends-only…
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Students at Paul Breaux Middle School will have even more options next year, with the creation of a kayaking club this fall. The school's close proximity to the Vermilion River makes it a prime candidate…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Rental cabins at three Louisiana state parks are available for reservations for the first time since they were closed by the 2016 floods. Cabins at Lake Fausse Pointe State Park in St. Martinville, Lake…
GRAND ISLE, La. (AP) — The first fish weighed at a Louisiana tarpon rodeo broke a 46-year-old event record. Houma angler Guy Cenac hauled in a tarpon weighing 208 pounds 14 ounces Thursday at the Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo.…
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Several groups are getting together to expand a popular fishing spot created five years ago in a southwest Louisiana lake. About 2,000 tons of limestone or crushed concrete will be added to the Brad…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's recreational red snapper season will end at 11:59 p.m., July 8, with a chance of one weekend a month after that. The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission has given the state Wildlife and…
NEW ORLEANS — tasc Performance, a leader in all-natural performance – lifestyle apparel, today announced its first partnerships in professional golf. The brand has partnered with two upcoming PGA TOUR events, THE NORTHERN TRUST and TOUR Championship. To further deepen their…
HOUMA, La. (AP) — A potentially deadly brain-eating amoeba has been found again in Terrebonne Parish. The Courier reports independent testing returned positive results for Naegleria fowleri, which causes fatal brain swelling and tissue destruction, in Pointe-aux-Chenes. The Terrebonne…
VIDALIA, La. (AP) — Thrill-seekers will have to stay away from Louisiana parish's bridges if they want to avoid a $500 fine. The Natchez Democrat reports that the Concordia Parish Police Jury voted Monday to attach the fine to…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke has announced that Louisiana will get nearly $1 million from federal offshore lease revenues for outdoor recreation and conservation projects. NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune reports Zinke made the announcement Monday and…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The House is shooting down a proposal to redesign Louisiana's recreational hunting and fishing licensing system. The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries proposes to consolidate its licenses, to cut the number from 117 types…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Co-favorite Noble Indy settled near the front and held off a late charge by Lone Sailor to win the $1 million Louisiana Derby by a head at the Fair Grounds Race Course on Saturday. Noble…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Farmers in six Louisiana parishes are eligible for disaster aid to help with losses from a freeze from Jan. 16-18. State agriculture commissioner Mike Strain said in a news release Friday that the U.S.…
The number of women travelling alone, or with groups of other women, is on the rise. In fact, experts at travel guide publisher Lonely Planet recently reported that more than 50 percent of travelers polled by the website BookYogaRetreats.com have…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Some residents in bayou country deep in southeastern Louisiana raise alligators or crawfish. Some grow turnips. Until a local government stepped in, Chad Jarreau farmed dirt. To be more precise, he dug up dirt on his…
