The 16th annual Step Outside Day, an outdoor education program hosted by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF), United States Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Sherburne Wildlife Management Area (WMA), scheduled for April 25, has been canceled.
The event is among many affiliated with LDWF that have been either canceled or postponed in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Below is a listing of cancellations and postponements. The public should monitor LDWF’s website - www.wlf.louisiana.gov/ - periodically to check on other events that may be canceled, postponed or rescheduled.
March 20
Artificial Reef Council Meeting in Baton Rouge, postponed indefinitely.
March 20-22
Becoming an Outdoors Women Workshop, canceled. For more information, contact Dana Norsworthy at dnorsworthy@wlf.la.gov.
Trapping Workshop in Woodworth, canceled.
March 21
Aquatic Volunteer Instructor Workshop in Baton Rouge, postponed. New date to be announced.
March 28
Big Bass Rodeo at New Orleans City Park, canceled.
Boats on the Bayou at New Orleans City Park, canceled.
Battle for the Bass at New Orleans City Park, canceled.
Booker Fowler Fish Hatchery Open House, canceled.
April 4-5
Archery in Louisiana Schools State Tournament in Shreveport, canceled.
March-April 30
All hunter education classes, canceled
All in-person boater education classes, canceled. Students can still take the boater education online classes at this link: https://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/page/boater-education.
April 18
Women’s Fishing Workshops at Waddill Wildlife Refuge, postponed.
April 25
Women’s Fishing Workshops at Waddill Wildlife Refuge, postponed.
Step Outside Day at Sherburne WMA, canceled.
May 1-3
LDWF’s Father/Child FUN (Families Understanding Nature) Camp, canceled.