M&B News
LDWF Urges New Orleans Area Families to Get Out
and Fish on Dec 12 in Chalmette!
Join the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and
Fisheries, St. Bernard Parish and the St. Bernard
Sportsman’s League at Sidney D. Torres Memorial
Park in Chalmette on Saturday, December 12 for
the next installment of our Get Out and Fish! community fishing event series. Prior to the event, the
Department will stock 600 pounds of rainbow trout
donated by Greer’s National Fish Hatchery.
This free event offers fun fishing activities for
all ages including a mobile touch tank, casting inflatable and more. The first 100 pre-registered participants will receive a free goody bag. In addition,
every participant will be entered into a raffle drawing to win prizes. The St. Bernard Parish Fire Department will provide lunch.
Fishing competition categories include heaviest rainbow trout and heaviest “other” fish. Age divisions include Little Angler (ages 8 and under),
Junior Angler (ages 9-15) and Adult Angler (ages
16 and older). Anglers 16 and older must possess a
valid Louisiana fishing license.
Online registration is available here. Participants should bring their own gear, bait, tackle and
ice chest to keep fish caught.
The Get Out and Fish! program seeks to increase the number of people with access to quality
fishing. The program intends to recruit new anglers
to the sport of fishing and promote outdoor activities for future generations.
Sponsors for the event include Hook and Line
Sporting Goods, Studio Inferno, St. Bernard
Sportsman’s League, St. Bernard-Arabi Kiwanis,
Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, St. Bernard
Fire Department and the Coastal Conservation Association of Louisiana.
For event information, contact Danica Williams
at [email protected] or (504) 628-7282.
This event is hosted in conjunction with the
Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Foundation. The
LWFF was formed to provide a means for individuals and corporations to become partners with the
Department and Commission in the challenge of conserving
Louisiana’s wildlife
and fish resources.
John Nelson Harris Wins 2016
Louisiana Duck Stamp Competition
John Nelson Harris of Groveland, Fla., was awarded first place in
the 2016 Louisiana Waterfowl Conservation Stamp competition sponsored by the
Louisiana Department
of
Wildlife
and
Fisheries
(LDWF). The
contest determines
the
image to be
used on what
is commonly
known as the
Louisiana Duck Stamp.
Harris has a long history of duck
stamp contest wins, taking the
Florida Duck Stamp contest three
times before it was disbanded in
10
2003, and most recently winning the
California Duck Stamp contest in
2014. He was the first runner-up in
the 1998 Federal Duck Stamp Contest and has
been featured
on two Canadian
duck
stamps.
Harris is an
artist preparator at Epcot
and an at-large
member of the
Lake County
Water Authority. He has competed and scored as
high as 3rd in recent years before
winning this year’s contest.
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