Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

In 2018 the CDC issued a warning to Louisiana hunters about "Zombie Deer". Now, the Louisiana’s Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is reporting a total of 19 deer afflicted with chronic wasting disease.

Some folks in Acadiana are worried about a potential overpopulation of coyotes and what that means for pets and livestock.

The dates have been set for Louisiana's annual alligator harvest lottery. The alligator harvest has been set for later this summer and early fall.

Wildlife experts say fermented berries on bushes and trees are causing an increase in intoxicated birds crashing into windows and poles.

Only accessible by boat, Fort Livingston located on Grand Terre Island in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana is being reclaimed by nature as time takes a toll on the largest Fort on the Gulf Coast.

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has announced that its officers will be out in full force this holiday weekend to enforce our state's OWI laws.

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is alerting people to the possibility of wildlife showing up in populated areas.

There are several locations in the Acadiana area that will offer the program this summer

I see people sharing this story as if it is real (I didn't realize how many gullible "friends" I have on Facebook), and a quick 4-second search gave me the truth.

Through evidence obtained on his phone, wildlife officials were able to arrest 3 additional people and charge them with crimes.

All the controversy over a proposed airstrip on the island exposed a huge faux pas by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

Charlie Melancon said he's being forced out of his Cabinet position by Gov. John Bel Edwards.

LDWF officials are looking into expenditures of the previous administration. Was state money misused?

When 79-year-old Nelene Guidroz heard his dogs barking early Monday morning, the last thing he expected to be causing the raucous was a 9-foot gator next to his back fence.

Their boat struck a tree and they were both ejected.

The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is inspecting soon.

The Wildlife and Fisheries Department says July 9th is the deadline.

It happens May 12th. The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries certified over two hundred boaters at last year’s event.

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has cited an Evangeline Parish man for capturing alligators out of season. LDWF officials say they got an anonymous tip from the Department's tipline that John Sonnier of Basille was holding the alligators in a container near his home

A special Vermilion bay shrimp season will start Friday.