The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has closed roads at the Joyce and Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) because of flooding.
 
Boyce Tower Road and the road leading into the Crusel Tract have been closed at the Maurepas Swamp WMA. The parking area at the Joyce WMA swamp walk off Old U.S. Hwy. 51 has also been closed.
 
Increasing water levels in the associated river and tributary systems has created backwater flooding on these roads. Road closures are implemented in the interest of public safety. Once the water recedes and conditions allow, the roads will be reopened.
 
Joyce WMA is a 27,487 acre tract located in southern Tangipahoa Parish five miles south of Hammond. For more information on the WMA, go to: http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/wma/2774.
 
Maurepas Swamp WMA, which consists of 122,098 acres, is located approximately 25 miles west of New Orleans and along the south shore of Lake Maurepas west to near Sorrento. The WMA includes property in Ascension, Livingston, St. John the Baptist, St. James and Tangipahoa parishes. For more information on the WMA, go to: http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/wma/2791.
 
For more information, contact Forest Burks at fburks@wlf.la.gov or 985-543-4781.