Contact: Mark Lance, Southeastern States Coordinator Why It Matters: The passage of HB 762 positions Louisiana to establish a new conservation funding source where the state could leverage significantly more federal funds to implement conservation programs that benefit fish and wildlife resources and by extension, the sportsmen and women who enjoy the “Sportsman’s Paradise.” Counties, municipalities, state …
Louisiana Outdoors Forever Program Advances to Governor’s Office Read More »
Contact: Mark Lance, Southeastern States Coordinator Why It Matters: States without a dedicated conservation funding mechanism, like Louisiana, often leave millions of dollars on the table because they cannot provide the match funding to qualify for federal conservation programs. If Louisiana established a dedicated conservation funding source, however, the state could leverage significantly more federal funds to …
Contact: Mark Lance, Coordinator, Southeastern States Highlights Why it Matters: Menhaden are a critical part of the coastal ecosystem serving as an important forage food for many recreationally important species such as redfish, speckled trout, and southern flounder, among others. The establishment of a menhaden harvest exclusion zone would help conserve menhaden and support Louisiana’s …
Louisiana: American System of Conservation Funding Fact Sheet
Contact: Mark Lance, Southeastern States Coordinator Highlights Why it Matters: Menhaden are a critical part of the coastal ecosystem serving as an important forage food for many recreationally important species such as redfish, speckled trout, and southern flounder, among others. Louisiana’s recreational anglers have continually expressed concerns about the proximity of industrial purse seines, …
Contact: Mark Lance, Southeastern States Coordinator Highlights Why it Matters: Passage of HB 535 would help conserve menhaden which are an important forage food for many recreationally important fish species, and HB 691 would better position the LDWF to provide services for sportsmen and women and manage the fish and wildlife resources in the “Sportsman’s …
Louisiana – Critical Conservation Funding and Menhaden Bills En Route to the Senate Read More »
Contact: Mark Lance, Southeastern States Coordinator Highlights: Why it Matters: Menhaden are an important forage food for many recreationally important species in Louisiana such as redfish, speckled trout, and southern flounder, among others. The commercial menhaden harvest also results in tens of millions of pounds of non-target species bycatch annually. HB 535 will enhance the …
Louisiana – Pushing the Pogie Boats Off the Beach Read More »
Contact: Mark Lance, Southeastern States Coordinator Highlights Why it Matters: Services for the LDWF’s hunter and angler constituency have declined because of the agency’s lack of funding. The LDWF also faces new conservation challenges – chronic wasting disease, Asian carp, and feral hogs, for example – that require additional management and resources. While most state …
Louisiana Sportsmen’s Caucus Steps Up for Conservation Funding Read More »
Contact: Mark Lance, Southeastern States Coordinator On October 22, nearly 90 people, including more than 75 caucus members, representatives from numerous sportsmen’s conservation groups and the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission, gathered to celebrate Louisiana’s outdoor sporting traditions and discuss issues impacting hunters and anglers in the Pelican State. The bipartisan and bicameral Louisiana Legislative …
Contact: Clay Chester, Southeastern States Coordinator On July 27, Senators Gary Smith and Rick Ward accepted leadership positions for the Louisiana Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus (Caucus) serving as the Senate Co-Chairs of the Caucus alongside the House Co-Chairs, Representative Vincent Pierre and Speaker Clay Schexnayder. “I look forward to working with Representative Pierre and Speaker Schexnayder …
Louisiana Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus Gains Two Senate Co-Chairs Read More »
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