Louisiana Sportsman
LCG Police Department Recruiting
Lafayette, (population of more than 110,000) is the fourth largest city in Louisiana. Lafayette is located on Interstates 10 and 49, one hundred twenty-nine miles west of New Orleans and two hundred twenty-nine miles east of Houston, Texas. The moderate climate in Lafayette allows year round outdoor activities. Because of tremendous fishing and hunting available statewide, Louisiana is called the "Sportsman's Paradise". Known as "The Heart Of Acadiana", Lafayette has a rich French heritage blended with Spanish, American, Indian, and African influences. This progressive city represents a colorful combination of life styles. Lafayette's unique cultural heritage offers the setting for South Louisiana Cajuns "descendants of the French Acadian" to put into practice their treasured expression "Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez" ("Let the good times roll"), as well as its world famous haute cuisine (good eating) which is a subtle blending of herbs and spices, created within the State of Louisiana ... [Read More]
Holt Collier National Wildlife Refuge
Born a native Mississippian in 1848 to a slave family, Holt Collier led an extraordinary life. He fought in the Civil War as a Confederate soldier and later became famous throughout Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas as a legendary bear hunter and sportsman. Although the Louisiana black bear is now on the endangered species list, during his lifetime black bears were plentiful. Collier died in 1936 and is buried in Greenville, Mississippi. ... [Read More]
Congressman Richard Baker - News by DexteraNet
Morganza to Gulf: Authorizes the $720 million project for the area between the Atchafalaya and Mississippi Rivers from the Morganza Floodway in Pointe Coupee Parish to the Gulf Coast and including the watershed area that makes up most of Acadiana. Project authorizes the Corps to conduct massive, extensive flood and hurricane protection; wetlands, natural resource, wildlife habitat, ecosystem conservation; and to help facilitate recreational, commercial, and sportsman activities. ... [Read More]
Solutions from the Sunbelt, July/August 2003 Public Roads
Nicknamed a Sportsman's Paradise, Louisiana bayous and natural areas teem with wildlife. The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LA DOTD) is engaged in several projects located in known habitat of the threatened Louisiana black bear, a subspecies of its more common North American cousin. LA DOTD is providing underpass crossings, while simultaneously working with resource agencies to ensure the value of the investment in these measures by protecting adjacent habitats. ... [Read More]
Outdoor Recreation - Volume 2 - Draft Heritage Study and Environmental Assessment
Louisiana prides itself on being a sportsman’s paradise. Eight state wildlife areas and five national wildlife refuges along the Mississippi provide abundant fishing and hunting opportunities for area outdoor enthusiasts. ... Louisiana has long been considered a sportsman’s paradise because if its millions of acres of fertile marshes and swamps, which provide some of the best hunting and fishing in the nation. Recently, however, the state has been losing the very resources that gave it this title. The state’s faltering economic condition has resulted in an unemployment rate among the highest in the nation. Drastic cutbacks in government programs, especially in recreation, were necessary; this resulted in difficulty in maintaining even minimal services, and some areas have been closed. The state is also losing approximately 50 square miles of coastal wetlands each year to erosion; however, efforts are underway to reverse this trend. ... [Read More]
LA Department of Economic Development
When it comes to good times, the folks of the Bayou Region know just how to do it right! During a seven-month period, from May to November, more than 30 weekend fairs or festivals occur in the three-parish area of South Louisiana. Cajun food, music and fais-do-do (dancing) as well as crafts and exhibits make these events unique and special. Area restaurants feature some of the best Cajun cooking available (of course) as well as Chinese, Italian, American and Mexican cuisine. South Louisiana, known as the " Sportsman's Paradise ," offers 632 square miles of inland waters and 194 miles of coastline, including Gulf beaches at Grand Isle. Fresh and salt water fishing, hunting, camping, canoeing, crabbing, crawfishing, skiing, boating and sailing are always only minutes away. ... [Read More]
Louisiana Coastal Wetland Functions and Values
Known as the "Sportsman’s Paradise," Louisiana holds true toits name as evidenced by the amount of money spent on recreation in the state’swetlands every year. The vast numbers of fish and wildlife attract thousandsof visitors from out of state, as well as Louisiana’s natives, to wetlandsfor hunting and fishing. Recreational fishermen pursuing wetland-dependentspecies contribute more than $235 million annually to Louisiana’s economy(Cowan and Turner 1988). ... [Read More]
Congressman Richard Baker - 6th District by DexteraNet
Home to the largest plantation home in the South and the state’s oldest French settlement, and set amid live oaks, cypress trees and fishing villages, Iberville Parish has much to offer its residents and visitors. For the sportsman, the Atchafalaya Basin borders Iberville Parish on the west and serves as a year-round popular fishing area. Winding River Road connects many Iberville Parish towns and communities and affords drivers a calm, scenic tour of the area. ... [Read More]
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