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 Access
Blocked. Sportsmen
in Louisiana are losing rights to fish many valued areas due to land
owners placing fences across
canals...More
More info on
local gates.
Who owns Company Canal. (Gheens, Louisiana)
Questions still unanswered over Company Canal
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 New
leak hits close to home. Just as the Horizon leak has
been capped, we now have another leak to deal with. An
abandoned well in Bayou St. Denis, near Barataria Bay, was
hit by a tow boat.
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Cypress tree
planting to take place on Bayou Segnette. The
Jefferson Parish Department of Environmental Affairs and the
Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana are seeking volunteers for the planting of
3000 plus cypress trees in the riparian areas of Bayou
Segnette. Plantings will occur on two Saturdays this month.
March 13th and 20th. 2010.
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Elmer's
Island update 3/6/2010
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission (LWFC) passed a
declaration of emergency on March 4 to amend the notice of intent,
modifying a proposed rule regarding visitor access to Elmer's Island
Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson Parish.
Effective immediately, the following regulations will be
enforced by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and
Fisheries? Enforcement Division at Elmer's Island:
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The National
Park Service (NPS) is soliciting public comments on a
proposed project that would reclaim more than 20 miles of
canals in the Barataria Preserve, a unit of the Jean Lafitte
National Historic Park and Preserve. The proposed project
would restore functions, resources, and values related to
hydrology in the park that are affected by non-historic
canals and spoilbanks, and increase the resiliency of park
ecosystems to subsidence, sea level rise, and storm events. |
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New national policy proposal for the ocean and Great Lakes ignores
recreational fishing Your input is needed
to ensure that this national policy does not unnecessarily close
saltwater and freshwater recreational fishing areas
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LWFC approves regulations for
Elmer's Island Refuge. The Louisiana Wildlife and
Fisheries Commission has approved visitor regulations for
public use of Elmer's Island Wildlife Refuge. The Louisiana
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) proposed the
formal regulations at the commission's monthly meeting.
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Boat
Owners---New boating regulations passed.
La. Dept of WLF has passed new laws on boating for 2009.
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 Boater
killed in lightning strike After a lightning strike on
the water, a charred hull was all that was left to this flatboat.
Two men from Lake Charles, were fishing when it happened. One man
suffered minor injuries, but the other was not so lucky. Officials
said he was dead upon arrival. |
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The 2010 Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo has been cancelled due to
the oil spill.
In its place, the rodeo committee will put on an Island Aid
Concert. Benefits will aid in rebuilding the fishing and
tourism industry of Grand Isle.The concert will be held
on July 23, 24, and 25 on the grounds behind the Community
Center, which is located at 3811 Highway 1 in Grand Isle |
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 Cabins
at Bayou Segnette State Park will be rebuilt. The
skyline will eventually change along the water at Bayou
Segnette State Park. |
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Louisiana
Conservationist Magazine on endangered list. In an
effort to cut cost, The LDWF will publish the last issue of
the Louisiana Conservationist magazine this spring
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Christmas Tree Marsh Restoration Event Cancelled
The volunteer Christmas tree marsh restoration effort
scheduled for Saturday, January 16, 2010, has been cancelled
due to the rain and marine advisory in the forecast for this
Saturday.
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Christmas Tree
Marsh Restoration Project
All residents of unincorporated Jefferson Parish and
Lafitte are asked to place their tree curbside on the
evening of January 6th for collection on January 7, 8,
and 9, 2010.
Volunteers with shallow draft boats are needed to place
Christmas trees into pre-constructed shoreline fences in
Goose Bayou, near the town of Jean Lafitte...More... |
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 The
New Orleans Boat Show has set the spring fishing season into
gear but the 2010 show has been cancelled.
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Missing boater
found in Bayou Segnette.
A boater who went
missing over the weekend has been found. The body of
Robert Dominique, 44 of Westwego was recovered near the
fishing camps in Bayou Segnette Monday morning. |
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 Grand
Isle Bridge destroyed by fire The historic wooden bridge
crossing Caminada Pass to Grand Isle was destroyed by fire. The fire
burned for more than six hours before being extinguished. The blaze
began about midnight Friday and re-kindled several times. |
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See ya on da' bayou.
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