The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries' main office in Baton Rouge and several other LDWF locations around the state will be open on Friday.
State offices in the following parishes will be closed in the wake of Hurricane Laura, according to the mandate by Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne: Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Calcasieu, Caldwell, Cameron, Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, DeSoto, East Carroll, Evangeline, Franklin, Grant, Iberia, Jackson, Jeff Davis, Lafayette, LaSalle, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Rapides, Red River, Richland, Sabine, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, Tensas, Union, Vermilion, Vernon, Webster, West Carroll and Winn.