The Island Road boat launch at Pointe-aux-Chenes Wildlife Management Area (WMA) will be closed May 26 for approximately six to eight weeks for construction of a new boat launch, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) announced.

All other boat launches at Point-aux-Chenes WMA are expected to remain open.

Pointe-aux-Chenes WMA is located in Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes about 15 miles southeast of Houma off Louisiana Highway 665. For more information on this WMA, go to https://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/page/pointeauxchenes or contact Vaughan McDonald at vmcdonald@wlf.la.gov or 337-735-8733.