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LDWF to Reopen the Private Recreational Red Snapper Season for Two Four-Day Periods
Recreational Alligator Harvest Lottery to Open Aug. 20, LDWF Announces
LDWF Accepting Applications for Deer, Waterfowl Lottery Hunts on WMAs
LDWF Announces Opening Dates for 2026 Fall Inshore Shrimp Season
LDWF Plans Five Derelict Crab Trap Program Closures Along Louisiana Coast
LWFC Passes Resolution of Support for Amberjack Exempted Fishing Permit
LDWF Announces Commercial Greater Amberjack Season to Close on August 8, 2026
LDWF Enforcement Division Hosting Three Recruiting Open Houses in August
Louisiana Black Bear Hunting Lottery Now Open, LDWF Announces
New Fishing Regulations in the Atchafalaya Basin and Nearby Waterbodies Beginning August 1
Special Black-Bellied Whistling Duck Season Set for Louisiana Oct. 3-11, LDWF Announces
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Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission to Meet Thursday, September 3
LDWF Works to Restore Native Habitat throughout the Saline-Larto Complex
LDWF Mother-Child FUN Camp to be Held Oct. 16-17 at Waddill Wildlife Refuge
