Coastal Projects
Terrebonne Parish pitching several versions of billion-dollar sediment project
Terrebonne Parish is ready to pitch a billion-dollar sediment pipeline concept for inclusion in the state’s coastal restoration plans.[…]
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Events & Announcements
Yakupzack appointed to Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission
A Lake Charles attorney has been appointed to the at-large seat on the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission vacated by the resignation of Will Drost in June.[…]
Events & Announcements
All Sherburne WMA target ranges now open
Improvements have been completed, and all ranges at the Sherburne Wildlife Management Area are now open, according to a press release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. […]
Columns
Outboard blues
My nickname in some quarters is “Black Cloud” because I have a tendency to toward bad luck. My only chance to fish Lake Amistad during its heyday, for instance, was doomed when a blizzard (literally a blizzard) blew through South Texas — in late May.[…]
Columns
The ProChrono Digital chronograph
I’ve written about the “wildcatting” era in the early 1950s when the U.S. economy was booming in the years coming out of World War II and then the Korean War. […]
Events & Announcements
Broussard named new LDWF enforcement division colonel
Joseph ‘Joey’ Broussard has been promoted and will serve as the enforcement division’s colonel for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Events & Announcements
Dockside Bait & Tackle in Slidell closes
Dockside Bait & Tackle in Slidell has closed its doors permanently.[…]
General
New residents can purchase hunting and fishing licenses sooner, LDWF says
New state residents will qualify to purchase recreational hunting and fishing licenses after six months in the state effective Aug. 1, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. […]
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Wildman
Raymond Joseph “Joey” Fonseca Jr. is a complex man. By vocation, the 61-year-old is a commercial fisherman. By avocation he can be called an articulate philosopher of the wilds.[…]
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The grain that flew
The literal interpretation from Cajun French to English for “gran à voler” is “grain that flew,” apparently because the ripe seeds are supposed to shoot out of the pods.[…]
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Cooking American lotus seeds
As soon as Joey Fonseca got home, he poured a huge glass of swamp bay leaf tea and retreated to his shady back porch to extract the gran à voler seeds from their pods.[…]
Coastal Projects
Don’t rush to judgement: Causes of erosion
To raise awareness for one of Louisiana’s first politically spurred campaigns against coastal land loss, former Gov. Mike Foster took a publicity team into open water off of St. Mary Parish, cast a line and showed the crew his GPS, which showed them on solid ground.[…]
Coastal Projects
Ways the coast sustains damage
Ways the coast sustains damage[…]
Events & Announcements
Online petition underway urging Chalmette Refining to resume manufacturing non-ethanol gas
With the status of production at the facility still unclear, a petition urging Chalmette Refining to resume the manufacture and sale of ethanol free gasoline has been started online.[…]
General
Artic Ice – Chill and Brew
Watch David White show you how you can keep you drinks cold with out ice[…]
Columns
Interesting blue crab trivia
Blue crabs are one of the most-beautiful and interesting creatures in Louisiana’s coastal marshes. They are pugnacious — actually downright aggressive may be a better characterization — but within those armored bodies lies some of the most delectable of all seafoods.[…]