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LDWF Accepting Applications for 2021 White Lake WCA Teal Hunt Lottery
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is accepting applications for nine lottery teal hunts on White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area (WCA) in Vermilion Parish. The deadline to apply is July 27.
Available dates include Saturday, Sept. 11; Sunday, Sept. 12; Tuesday, Sept. 14; Thursday, Sept. 16; Saturday, Sept. 18; Sunday, Sept. 19; Wednesday, Sept. 22; Saturday, Sept. 25 and Sunday, Sept. 26.
All lottery applications are now only available on the LDWF website at https://la-web.s3licensing.com/. Those wanting to apply should click on the Lottery Applications tab, update or create their customer record similar to purchasing a license and then submit an application. There is a $5 application fee and a $2 transaction fee. Only one White Lake WCA Teal Lottery application may be submitted per customer. Paper applications will no longer be accepted. Applicants must be 18 years old prior to the date o
La.âs experimental whooping crane population continues to make progress during 2021 breeding season
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and last updated 2021-06-23 18:58:48-04
Patience has paid off for one of Louisianaâs female whooping cranes that was a part of the initial population from 2011. The female crane, designated L7-11, laid the first egg of the experimental population in 2014. However, that attempt, along with subsequent others for her, was unsuccessful. But this year, two eggs hatched and, as of this writing, both chicks are alive, according to a Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) release.
The chicks are two of four that hatched this spring in Louisianaâs experimental whooping crane population. Of particular note, 24 pairs nested this spring, almost double the previous high of 13. This increase in nesting is a sign of breeding progress in the project, which seeks to return the whooping crane to Louisiana, the release states.
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WHO: Two pairs of whooping cranes, one of the world’s most endangered birds.
WHAT: The animals are laying eggs in Texas on private land in Jefferson and Chambers counties, east of Houston for the first time since the late 1800s.
WHY IT’S SO GREAT: Every fall, the world’s last self-sustaining migratory flock of wild whooping cranes descends on the marshes of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. One of only two crane species native to North America, the whooping crane is the continent’s tallest and rarest bird: five feet high with crisp white feathers, a red-capped head, and a ratcheting, mournful call. The wild flock’s 506 birds spend the winter in the 115,000-acre refuge, fattening up on blue crabs, clams, and fish, before traveling back to northern Canada to breed.