The alligators have fled and the tall, green marsh grasses are brown from salt water, but the coastal Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge’s resilient natural defenses may have prevented a catastrophe in ...

For years, the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge that hugs 26 miles of Gulf of Mexico shoreline in remote southwestern Louisiana has been a haven for nature lovers and researchers.

Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge is closed due to damage from Hurricane Laura and then additional impact from Hurricane Delta. Officials say the refuge had up to 20 feet of water, leaving all public ...

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) will close Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge on Sept. 2-6 until noon each day to hold its annual controlled alligator harvest. After noon each ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge is finally reopening its doors. “I like to come out here and crab,” said Brandon Freeman, a resident enjoying his day off at Rockefeller Wildlife ...

Some public areas of Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge will reopen on Monday, March 1, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced Wednesday. The refuge has been closed due to severe ...

The Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge in southwest Louisiana was 86,000 acres (34,800 hectares) when the land was bought in 1914 and donated to Louisiana in December 1919.

The Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge officially celebrating 100 years of conservation not only signifies a big milestone for the area but a chapter of a book that’s still being written on revitalizing the ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (KLFY) -- The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) announced today that some public areas of the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge will reopen starting March 1.

Shamona Alfred kept alive a family tradition Monday when she loaded up her car and family in Lafayette and drove to Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge, managed by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and ...

But thanks to some pioneering research at a wildlife refuge in Southwest Louisiana, the number of alligators has grown from less than 100,000 to more than one-and-a-half million.

A large Louisiana wildlife refuge will be closed for three mornings in September for an alligator harvest.