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LDWF will temporarily close Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge from September 4-10 until noon each day for the annual controlled alligator harvest. After noon, the refuge will reopen to the public for ...
CAMERON PARISH, La. (KPLC) - Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge’s annual controlled harvest is underway this week. Four hunters will be tasked to hunt 1,000 gators in seven days. Because of the harvest, the ...
When the Rockefeller family donated the refuge to Louisiana in 1919, it encompassed about 86,000 acres. Today, it measures closer to 70,000 acres, largely because of the heavy toll of beach erosion.