Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

State opens inaugural black bear season with 10 tags.

The red drum, or redfish, is in decline in the marshes of Louisiana. We explore the history of the redfish wars and ask if the species nears collapse amid climate change.

As Southern Louisiana's vast wetlands succumb to the effects of rising seas and a cascade of other environmental changes, duck hunters are seeing their quarry dwindle.

Louisiana fishers might soon see federal disaster relief more than two years after the unprecedented flooding of 2019 — now considered the longest flood on record — devastated much of the commercial industry.