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Nesting areas of the Red-cockaded woodpeckers are still subject to protection by the State of Louisiana and the LDWF under current laws and rules and regulations. [ 19 ] Ben's Creek Wildlife Management Area in Washington Parish , with 13,044-acres (since 1987), was removed as a free-lease so the public can no longer use the property.
It is the largest horticultural park and recreation area in the United States and with the acquisition Hodges Garden became the newest park in Louisiana. As of February 20, 2018, ownership of Hodge's Garden State Park was transferred to the A. J. and Nona Trigg Hodges Foundation and closed. The park remains closed with no plans of reopening. [3]
It is one of the largest pieces of natural landscape in Louisiana, with some 604,000 acres (2,440 km 2) of public land, more than half of which is vital longleaf pine and flatwoods vegetation. These support many rare plant and animal species. [3] [self-published source] There are also rare habitats, such as hillside seepage bogs and calcareous ...
A Louisiana native plant nursery is a plant nursery that only grows native plants indigenous to Louisiana. Native plant nurseries primarily produce and propagate native plants with the intention to restore and replenish the diversity of native flora. In Louisiana, these nurseries are a source of plants used for wetland and coastal restoration ...
The park was designed with children in mind and has two playgrounds at the day use area. [5] Chicot State Park: Evangeline Parish: 6,400 acres (2,590 ha) [13] [14] 1939 [12] Chicot State Park contains the Louisiana State Arboretum, which has a mature beech–magnolia forest. [14] Cypremort Point State Park: St. Mary Parish: 185 acres (75 ha ...
Alexander State Forest provides habitat for a number of different plant and animal species, some of which are threatened or near-threatened. [5] The most often cited example is the red-cockaded woodpecker. This woodpecker is ranked as a G2 species globally and as an S2 species within the state of Louisiana. [11]
The following is a list of Louisiana state forests. Name (by alphabetical order) Location (of main entrance) Alexander State Forest: Rapides Parish: See also.
The area consists of 43,637 acres (17,659 ha), and is managed by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. The complex is located in the Morganza Flood way system [ 2 ] of the Atchafalaya Basin [ 3 ] about 30 miles (48 km) west of Baton Rouge, Louisiana and actually extends a little south of the I-10 Atchafalaya Basin Bridge at ...