La. Gov. Edwards Announces Restoration of Queen Bess Island
February 04, 2020
February 04, 2020
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 4 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Feb. 3:
Standing on the shore of a remote island in Louisiana's Barataria Basin, Gov. John Bel Edwards declared the newly-restored Queen Bess Island, home of the Brown Pelican, officially reopened for nesting. The traditional nesting season for pelicans and other colonial water birds begins in mid-to-late February.
"I think they'll like what we've done . . .
Standing on the shore of a remote island in Louisiana's Barataria Basin, Gov. John Bel Edwards declared the newly-restored Queen Bess Island, home of the Brown Pelican, officially reopened for nesting. The traditional nesting season for pelicans and other colonial water birds begins in mid-to-late February.
"I think they'll like what we've done . . .