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American Press Contraband Days 5-Miler
Lake Charles, Louisiana 70605May 7, 2005, Filed Under: Running
Run the second weekend of Contraband Days in Lake Charles LA. The Contraband Festival is the 2nd largest in Louisiana, behind only New Orleans Mardi Gras. Awards 3 deep in 5 year age g ...
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Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System
Port Barre, Louisiana 70577Filed Under: Camping, Cultural, Cycling, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback, Hunting, Paddling
The project encompasses 595,000 acres of the largest contiguous tract of bottomland hardwoods in the United States. The Atchafalaya Basin is a scenic semi-wilderness area of hardwood forests, cypress ...
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Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge
Krotz Springs, Louisiana 70750Filed Under: Fishing, Hiking, Hunting, Paddling
Atchafalaya NWR, about 30 miles west of Baton Rouge, Louisiana and one mile east of Krotz Springs, Louisiana lies just east of the Atchafalaya River. The refuge was established in 1986 to provide for ...
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Bayou Bodcau Reservoir
Monroe, Louisiana 71201Filed Under: Camping, Cycling, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback, Hunting, Paddling
There is no permanent pool at this flood control dam. However, Bossier Parish maintains Ivan Lake on 520 acres of reservoir lands. A major waterfowl and upland game management and hunting area is op ...
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Bayou Cocodrie National Wildlife Refuge
Ferriday, Louisiana 71334Filed Under: Hiking, Hunting
The Nature Conservancy purchased an 11,255.51-acre core tract from the Fisher Lumber Company, a subsidiary of General Motors Corporation. The Conservancy then sold the land to the USFWS over a span of ...
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Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge
Lacombe, Louisiana 70445Filed Under: Cultural, Fishing, Hiking, Paddling
Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife was authorized in 1986 and officially established in 1990. The refuge is located within the city limits of New Orleans and encompasses approximately 23, 000 acres. It ...
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Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge
Franklin, Louisiana 70538Filed Under: Fishing, Hiking, Hunting, Paddling
Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge, established in 2001, is located in St. Mary Parish in southeast Louisiana. The 9,028 acre refuge is composed of wet bottomland hardwood laced with bayous and cana ...
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Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
Lacombe, Louisiana 70445Filed Under: Cultural, Fishing, Hiking, Hunting, Paddling
Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) was established in October 1994, and is comprised of 15,000 acres of coastal marsh and pine forested wetlands. Of this total, the Conservation Fund ha ...
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Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Farmerville, Louisiana 71241Filed Under: Fishing, Paddling
Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1997 through a unique partnership with the city of Monroe, Louisiana. The 2,000 acre scenic lake is owned by the city and serves as its se ...
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Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge
Lacombe, Louisiana 70445Filed Under: Fishing, Hiking, Hunting, Paddling
On June 30, 1980, President Jimmy Carter signed Public Law 96-288 authorizing the 40,000-acre Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Washington and St. Tammany Parishes, LA, and Pearl River C ...
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