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Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area is a 112,615-acre (45,574 ha) [1] tract of protected area located in parts of Ascension, Livingston, St. John the Baptist, St. James and Tangipahoa Parishes, Louisiana, encircling three sides of Lake Maurepas.
The Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area (WMA) is located approximately 25 miles (40 km) north-west of New Orleans, along the south shore, as well as south of Lake Maurepas. The area is north of LaPlace and extends towards Sorrento .
Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area: Ascension, Livingston, St. John the Baptist, St. James and Tangipahoa 112,615 Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Pass a Loutre Wildlife Management Area: Plaquemines: 115,000 Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Pearl River Wildlife Management Area: St. Tammany 35,619
Key allocations include $130 million for the Maurepas Swamp reintroduction, $163 million for the Houma Lock Complex, and $14.8 million from FEMA for Lake Lery Marsh Creation and Rim Restoration.
Projects like the Houma Lock Complex, Maurepas Swamp reintroduction, and shoreline stabilization in Southwest Louisiana are set to transform coastal resilience across the state. Louisiana's U.S ...
In 2001 the foundation donated two tracts of land, totaling 61,633 acres, to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) for the Maurepas Swamp WMA. Between 2001 and 2011 another 12,000 acres were gained through purchases and donations. In 2012 another 29,630 acres (The MC Davis Tract) was acquired from The Conservation Fund ...
Blind River is a waterway in southeastern Louisiana originating in the Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area of St James Parish west of New Orleans and running northeasterly before turning east to flow into Lake Maurepas.
After crossing both Interstate 10 (I-10) and US 61 in Sorrento, LA 22 winds through a cypress swamp in Livingston Parish west of Lake Maurepas. Near the town of Springfield, the highway enters the thick pine forest characterizing the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain and intersects the concurrent I-55/US 51 in Ponchatoula.