Agriculture/Hunting/Fishing/Waterfront
HUNTING VIOLATIONS: 6 Tangilena men fined in Kansas, Iowa for illegally taking wild game
By Don Ellzey AMITE--Six Tangilena men were cited and fined in Kansas and Iowa for illegally taking wild game. Officer Ryan Walker, game warden and natural resource officer with the Kansas Wildli...
May 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Louisiana Saltwater Series
SALTWATER SERIES: Mandeville hosts Speckled Trout Tournament Saturday
MANDEVILLE--When it comes to double-digit speckled trout, it’s not uncommon that one of the first places that comes to mind is Lake Pontchartrain. The lake stands out as one of the state’s primary...
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Cragg Fitz of Amite, Ryan Wascom of Greensburg are part of new Trained Assassins outdoors cable TV show.
HOLLYWOOD SOUTH: Cragg Fitz of Amite, Ryan Wascom of Greensburg part of new Trained Assassins outdoors TV show
AMITE--A group consisting of local, country boys from Amite, Greensburg and other communities are proud to call themselves the Trained Assassins. The once web-based show, Trained Assassins premie...
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HURRICANE PLANNING: How you can save state sales tax on storm-related items May 25-26
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana residents can save money on flashlights, batteries, generators and other emergency supplies during the 2013 Louisiana Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday on Saturday, ...
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OUTDOORS: Wildlife & Fisheries statue honors many agents who died in line of duty
BATON ROUGE--The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) dedicated a statue May 21, in Baton Rouge to honor those Enforcement Division agents who have died in the line of duty. The s...
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HAMMOND--Col. Pat Griffin joins first responder Larry Bankston and Tangipahoa Parish council member Louis "Nick" Joseph at a hurricane summit May 21 at Camp Chemekette. Griffin is heading up the transformation of the Roseland disaster response center. Bankston is assistant chief of the Wilmer Fire Department, where he began working at age 18. Joseph has over three decades of military service including Vietnam. Photo by Mark Mathes.
HURRICANES: Roseland disaster staging center one of largest in Louisiana to respond to hurricanes, emergencies
ROSELAND--The new Roseland disaster distribution center will be one of the largest centers in Louisiana packed with massive tons of emergency supplies and hundreds of Louisiana National Guard troo...
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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ROBERT--The LSU AgCenter Hammond Research Station hosts various gardening and agriculture events throughout the year. It’s on Old Covington Highway just south of US 190. Photo by Mark Mathes.
Apply for fall Master Gardener classes by August 6
AMITE--Applications for the current year’s Master Gardener Program are now available at the LSU AgCenter Extension office in Amite. "We feel that this is an excellent horticulture training progra...
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INDEPENDENCE--A delegation of solid waste professionals from China visited the Tangipahoa Parish Landfill Monday, May 20, at the invitation of parish President Gordon Burgess and landfill Director Terrance Stewart. Photo by Don Ellzey.
GOVERNMENT: Gordon Burgess, Terrance Stewart host Chinese delegation at Tangi landfill
INDEPENDENCE--A delegation of solid waste professionals from China visited the Tangipahoa Parish Landfill Monday, May 20, at the invitation of parish President Gordon Burgess and landfill Director ...
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INDEPENDENCE--A delegation of solid waste professionals from China visited the Tangipahoa Parish Landfill Monday, May 20, at the invitation of parish President Gordon Burgess and landfill Director Terrance Stewart.
GOVERNMENT: Burgess, Stewart host Chinese delegation at Tangi landfill in Independence May 20
INDEPENDENCE--A delegation of solid waste professionals from China visited the Tangipahoa Parish Landfill Monday, May 20, at the invitation of parish President Gordon Burgess and landfill Director...
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State agents offer $3,000 reward for tips on shooting of rare whooping crane in Red River
LOGGY BAYOU--Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement Division agents and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) officials are looking for leads regarding a whooping crane ...
May 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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LSU AgCenter experts study how seaside sparrow is affected after BP oil spill
By Rick Bogren BATON ROUGE – LSU AgCenter researchers are studying a bird species that lives only in coastal marshes to try to determine how it may be affected the by the Deepwater Horizon oil spi...
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Bundick Lake drawdown set after Labor Day in Beauregard Parish
DeRIDDER--The water control structure on Bundick Lake in Beauregard Parish will be opened soon after Labor Day to allow for a lake drawdown. The action will allow the Department, in conjunction wi...
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