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Minden Press-Herald
January 30, 2018
A wildfire raged across wood and pasture land in Doyline Monday afternoon. The fire spread through a wide area just north of Lake Bistineau State Park, near Dement Road, driven by strong winds from the northeast. Gary Weese, who owns much of the affected land, received a call around 2 p.m. from hisÃâà...
Minden Press-Herald
January 22, 2018
She worked for the Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant for a period of years in Doyline and later worked for the Louisiana State Park System at Lake Bistineau where she retired after many years of service. Granny Mo, as she was referred to by grandchildren and all, was a feisty little woman with a lot of spunkÃâà...
The Daily Advertiser
November 21, 2017
Travel and tourism reporter Leigh Guidry and her family are visiting all 21 Louisiana state parks and taking a #stateparkselfie at each one. This week took them to Jimmie Davis State Park in North Louisiana. Follow the journey on Instagram at @thedailyadvertiser. Leigh Guidry/USA Today Network.
KTBS
August 25, 2017
Chemin-A-Haut State Park (Bastrop): cabins, campsites; Jimmie Davis State Park (Chatham): cabins, lodges, campsites, group camp; Lake Bistineau State Park (Doyline): campsites, group camp; Lake Bruin State Park (St. Joseph): campsites; Lake Claiborne State Park (Homer): cabins, campsites; LakeÃâà...
KTAL
June 20, 2017
You can pick up weevils at at the Lake Bistineau State Park Boat Ramp at 103 State Park Road, Doyline, La, 71023 on Saturday June 24th from 10 am to 12 pm. If you would like to participate in the weevil project contact Kevin Houston at 318-371-5214 or khouston@wlf.la.gov by Wednesday June 21st.
Minden Press-Herald
June 12, 2017
The department has even installed oil spill containment boom to hold back salvinia at two boat launches, one of them in a state park. “In Lake Bistineau, coverage expands at a tremendous rate, doubling every week to 10 days during the prime growing season. A single plant is estimated to expand to coverÃâà...
NOLA.com
June 9, 2017
To assist with that, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will hand out weevil-infested plant material to volunteers at the Lake Bistineau State Park on June 24. The department is particularly interested in seeing the weevils placed in areas that get cut off from the main lake and hold water duringÃâà...
The Daily Advertiser
April 14, 2017
... as high as $15.33 at Lake Bistineau in Webster Parish, despite more than 1.8 million people visiting Louisiana's state parks last year. "All of our parks and historic sites operate at a deficit with the exception of Lake Fausse Pointe State Park, Fontainebleu and Fort Pike (State Historic Site)," Broussard said.
Monroe News Star
April 13, 2017
BATON ROUGE — How would you like to ride a zip line across one of the Palmetto Island State Park lagoons in Abbeville? Or float on a guided canoe trip ... Overall, the parks produced a $5.2 million deficit with the cost per visitor to the state as high as $15.33 at Lake Bistineau in Caddo Parish. State Sen.
Minden Press-Herald
January 26, 2017
State park officials said the boat launch was closed when the water levels became too low to launch a boat safely. Boat and canoe rentals are also open again, Tracie Gipson, park official, said. “As soon as we opened the launch, we had people putting boats in the water,” she said. “Boat traffic will pick upÃâà...
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