re: Public waterfowl hearing Jefferson Parish (Updated with notes in OP)

I really hope people will attend and participate in the meeting. I'm told the presentation I give is informative and entertaining, but it is important that I receive some feedback on the proposed zone boundary changes.

SE Louisiana was the primary source of public comment that forced the Commission to set the season 1 week later than I proposed last season, and SE Louisiana has been the primary source of outrage when the Commission set the season 1 week earlier than I proposed this season. Consequently, 1 of the zone-boundary changes I am proposing is to move the boundary back to where it was prior to 2001, which is the Houma Navigation canal. That would put Lafourche, Jefferson, Plaquemines, and St. Bernard Parishes back in the East Zone with predictably later season dates.

I'm proposing that, but I don't necessarily think it's a good idea based on harvest data and habitat type. You might remember in 2012, I proposed putting all the coastal marsh around Lake Pontchartrain in the Coastal Zone. After all, it's the same coastal marsh and the same assemblage of birds.

So I'm looking for some feedback, positive or negative. I know there are hunters in SE Louisiana that reject the notion that the season needs to be later, just as there are hunters that strongly feel it needs to be.

At the 4 previous meetings, there has been no feedback on that particular zone-boundary change. This is the critical meeting to hear what local hunters have to say. Everyone will have an opportunity to speak, and I hope to see you there.