Five people from Southwest Louisiana are accused of conspiring to falsify fishing records to sell over 59,000 lbs. of crab, ...

Back bears have been spotted roaming around the greater Baton Rouge region in the past week, leaving residents to wonder if ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will host their fourteenth annual “Boating ...

Trump signed an executive order to allow commercial fishing within a Marine Protected Area. Are there protected areas within ...

The Children's Museum of Southwest Louisiana and the LDWF Nature and Science Center have officially opened in Lake Charles.

As Louisiana’s menhaden fishing industry prepares for the 2025 season, beginning Monday, April 21, fishermen, their families, ...

LDWF agents and CPSO deputies worked together to capture fugitive James R. Culotta in a flooded area near Shreveport.

The Calcasieu River is a vital artery for southwestern Louisiana's economy and habitat for wildlife, but is listed among the ...

These nearshore buffers were implemented by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to prohibit industrial fishing near the coast. There are also Marine Protected Areas, which are areas ...

Down past New Orleans lies Plaquemines parish, a narrow sliver of land at the tip of Louisiana that reaches southward like a ...