Alligator attacks are very rare, even in Louisiana and Florida. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says licensed hunters remove over 1,000 nuisance alligators – which are any ones deemed a “threat to pets, livestock or humans” – a year, and attack reports in the state are usually just encounters. How often do alligators …
Louisiana water is considered moderately hard. The average water hardness for the Louisiana resident is 86 PPM. New Orleans, the most populous city in Louisiana has a water hardness level of 138 PPM, which is considered hard based on USGS hard water measures. What states have soft water? States that can be classified as very …
The Florida Everglades is the only place in the world where both alligators and crocodiles live together. Can crocodiles live in Louisiana? If you planned on seeing crocodiles during your New Orleans swamp tour, I’m sorry to burst your bubble, but crocodiles don’t inhabit New Orleans. However, you will find alligators as well as other …
Range and Habitat Alligators range from central Texas eastward to North Carolina. Louisiana and Florida have the largest alligator populations—there are more than one million wild alligators in each state. What is the farthest north an alligator has been found? The northernmost point of their range in the wild is traditionally thought to be in …
In several cases, Louisiana and northeastern Louisiana systems topped the national lists with the highest concentrations of contaminants. Across the state, contaminants were found to be above health guidelines in hundreds of water systems serving millions of customers. Is it safe to drink tap water in Louisiana? Unless there is a “boil water” mandate that …
Cote Blanche salt mine is the largest producer of Louisiana’s three major salt mines and produces nearly 15% of America’s highway deicing salt. Does Louisiana produce salt? Louisiana is the leading producer of salt (from stocks ascending into the shallow subsurface), and produces common clay, construction and industrial sand and gravel, crushed stone (mostly sandstone), …
That was crude oil and natural gas bubbling up from below ground. It was a mystery at first, but now authorities say an abandoned salt cavern collapsed, shifting the rock and salt formations deep below, causing the sinkhole above and unleashing hydrocarbons into the groundwater aquifer up to two miles from the site. What happened …
Louisiana lake that drained Lake Peigneur Location Iberia Parish, Louisiana Coordinates 29.981°N 91.983°W Primary inflows estimated 8.47 cu ft/s (0.240 m3/s) from catchment Primary outflows Delcambre Canal What lakes in Louisiana are drained? Lake PeigneurLake Peigneur used to drain into Vermilion Bay via the Delcambre Canal, but once the lake had emptied into the mine, …
One place where you’re sure to find alligators is on a swamp tour through the Bayou in New Orleans. You don’t have to worry about alligators attacking you on your swamp tour since alligators are less aggressive than crocodiles and will typically escape if approached by humans. Are alligators aggressive toward humans? Alligators are not …
Every barrier island restored and coastal wetland revived provides that much more wildlife habitat, and that much more protection against storms, and makes the commerce and goods and ecosystems and people of the state that much safer. Why is it important to preserve barrier islands? These islands are critical to protecting coastal communities and ecosystems …
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Catahoula Lake. Catahoula Lake (French: Lac Catahoula) is a large freshwater lake located in LaSalle Parish and Rapides Parish of central Louisiana, United States. Reference no. Catahoula Lake is the largest natural freshwater lake in the state covering just over 46 square miles (120 km2). What is Louisiana’s largest lake? Lake Pontchartrain Lake Pontchartrain Max. …
A large portion of the SPR is in two locations in Louisiana. West Hackberry in Lake Charles has a capacity of 227 million barrels, and Bayou Choctaw in Baton Rouge has a capacity of 76 million barrels with plans to add 109 million more (expected completion date is 2020). Where are salt domes located? In …
Although Louisiana lies in an area of low seismic risk, a number of historical earthquakes have occurred in our state. They have tended to be of low magnitude and occur with low frequency. When was the last earthquake in Louisiana? The closest quake to southeast Louisiana in recent years was on May 6, 2018, when …
Louisiana Barrier Islands Currently, Grand Isle is the only barrier island on our coast on which there is a permanent settlement. Other settlements have been abandoned in very recent history as erosion has claimed more and more of the island area. What are the islands off of Louisiana? Let us know what these islands were …
When the news media picked up on the mistake, it was the first time some in Louisiana had ever heard about a tsunami threat here. The Gulf of Mexico was added to the U.S. Tsunami Warning System in 2005. But one expert said the probability that the Louisiana coast will be hit by a tsunami …