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 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...
The next Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant (now Caddo National Wildlife Refuge) Restoration Advisory Board Meeting is Thursday, October 18, 6:00-7:00 p.m. at the Karnack Community Center in Karnack, TX. The EPA and their contractor, along with the Army Core of Engineers...
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...
The Caddo Lake Institute is dedicated to keeping the community informed about issues important to the lake and the watershed. To stay in touch with local communities, we hold quarterly community meetings! These minutes cannot fully convey the presentations given by...
