HOW CAN YOU HELP NATURE LOCALLY?
Dont's: DO NOT SPREAD INVASIVE SPECIES: CLEAN-DRAIN-DRY YOUR BOAT! Look for invasive stowaways in your prop, anchor, dock lines, trailer, hull, rollers, bunks, axle, live wells, bilge, motor, prop. Empty, drain any debris at the lake parking lot as you are leaving. ...
Paddlefish Festival & Release
The Shreveport Aquarium hosted the first ever Paddlefish Festival on the now official, National Paddlefish Day, Saturday, March 9, 2019. The Aquarium and the Caddo Lake Institute partnered to raise and release these prehistoric paddlefish, with support from the U.S....
Caddo Lake & National Geographic!
Caddo Lake will be part of National Geographic Explorer Program, Monday, January 28, at 5pm! On the National Geographic Channel’s Explorer program, titled “Yellowstone Wolves,” one segment will be “Lake Eating Monster,” about the invasive plant, Giant Salvinia, and...
Restoration Advisory Board Meeting
The EPA and their contractor, along with the Army, present the status updates on ongoing clean up efforts for those who would like to attend.
Paddlefish Release
August 14, 2018 - 3,000 paddlefish were recently released into Caddo Lake (1,500 at the State Park and 1,500 at the National Wildlife Refuge.) This is the 2nd in a series of 3 releases this month, part of the first official re-stocking of these prehistoric fish. These...
Adopt a Paddlefish!
27,000-acre Caddo Lake – really a flooded bald cypress forest – has more diverse fish species than any other lake in the state of Texas. Paddlefish – also called Spoonbill catfish or Shovelnose catfish – are native to Big Cypress Bayou, which feeds Caddo Lake. They’ve...
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM CADDO LAKE INSTITUTE!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM CADDO LAKE INSTITUTE! We are so THANKFUL for YOU! Conservation still receives only 2% of philanthropic dollars overall, so as you consider your year-end giving, we hope you’ll help us leave our natural world better than we found it. Caddo Lake...