The Saints report for training camp today under first-year head coach Kellen Moore. All eyes will be on the quarterback room to see who wins the starting job. NewOrleans-dot-football reporter Mike Triplett says it will be a true open position battle between second-year quarterback Spencer Rattler and second-round pick Tyler Shough (“shuck”).
The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will be holding another black bear hunting season in December. John Hanks, the large carnivore manager for LDWF, says beginning next Monday, 25 tags will be available in a month-long lottery. That’s up from ten tags last year.
Cut 12 (10) “…by our citizens.”
Applicants will pay a 50-dollar non-refundable fee, and the 25 lucky ones who get hunting tags will be required to attend a LDWF bear hunter training course.
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The long-talked about Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Project in Plaquemines Prish won’t happen after all. The chairman of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, Gordon Dove, says the cost became too much.
Cut 13 (14) “…three point one billion”
Dove says the state will now move forward with a smaller diversion plan called the Myrtle Grove project in Plaquemines Parish.
BESE board member Paul Hollis will soon be leaving his post to become the new director of the U.S. Mint. The former lawmaker from St. Tammany Parish’s nomination hearings before the Senate will take place in the fall, and he’s not expected to face any resistance. Once confirmed, he says he will act on the Presiden’t call to end the minting of the penny.