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Elm Hall Wildlife Management Area is a 2,839 acre
protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...
in
Assumption Parish Assumption Parish (french: Paroisse de l'Assomption, es, Parroquia de la Asunción) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 23,421. Its parish seat is Napoleonville. Assumption Parish was ...
Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...
. The WMA is located five miles west of
Napoleonville Napoleonville is a village and the parish seat of Assumption Parish, in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The population was 660 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Pierre Part Micropolitan Statistical Area. The village is best known as the loca ...
, with
Lake Verret Lake Verret is natural lake located in Assumption, Parish, Louisiana, US. The lake is west of Napoleonville, Louisiana, south of Pierre Part, part of the Atchafalaya River Basin of the Lower Mississippi River Region, with of watershed that inc ...
on the western border (as well as the Belle River), farmland to the east, and is managed by the
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is a state agency of Louisiana that maintains state wildlife and fishery areas. The agency is headquartered in the capital city of Baton Rouge. Mission The Louisiana Department of Wildlife a ...
(LDWF).


Description

Elm Hall WMA is a naturally flooded cypress-tupelo swamp that rises slightly to the east and is within the
Atchafalaya Basin The Atchafalaya Basin, or Atchafalaya Swamp (; Louisiana French: ''L'Atchafalaya'', ), is the largest wetland and swamp in the United States. Located in south central Louisiana, it is a combination of wetlands and river delta area where the Atc ...
.
Bald eagle The bald eagle (''Haliaeetus leucocephalus'') is a bird of prey found in North America. A sea eagle, it has two known subspecies and forms a species pair with the white-tailed eagle (''Haliaeetus albicilla''), which occupies the same niche as ...
s nest in the
cypress tree Cypress is a common name for various coniferous trees or shrubs of northern temperate regions that belong to the family Cupressaceae. The word ''cypress'' is derived from Old French ''cipres'', which was imported from Latin ''cypressus'', the la ...
s surrounding Lake Verret.


Access

Access to the WMA is by boat only and boat launches are available at Attakapas Landing, at the end of LA 401,
Pierre Part, Louisiana Pierre Part (french: Ville de Pierre Part) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Assumption Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 3,169 at the 2010 census, making it the most populous community in Assumption Parish. With 39.3 perce ...
on
Louisiana Highway 70 Louisiana Highway 70 (LA 70) is a state highway in Louisiana that serves St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, St. Mary, St. Martin Parish, St. Martin, Assumption Parish, Assumption, and Ascension Parish, Louisiana, Ascension parishes. It is primarily a two- ...
(LA 70), and at the end of LA 402.


Health Concerns

A study supported by a
United States National Science Foundation The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent agency of the United States government that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National I ...
grant (EAR-1014946 and EAR-1148005) found there is a high concentration of
Arsenic Arsenic is a chemical element with the symbol As and atomic number 33. Arsenic occurs in many minerals, usually in combination with sulfur and metals, but also as a pure elemental crystal. Arsenic is a metalloid. It has various allotropes, but ...
in tested groundwater wells in the area of Napoleonville. A March 15, 2016 sampling of parish supplied water from Bayou Lafourche showed 1.2 parts per billion (ppb) presence of Arsenic. A 2010 USGS fact sheet ''Water Resources of Assumption Parish, Louisiana'' did not contain Arsenic information. A 2016 study by Karen H. Johannesson found Arsenic levels at two sites, Bayou Lafourche near Napoleonville and Cow Island in
Vermillion Parish Vermilion Parish (french: Paroisse de Vermillion) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana, created in 1844. The parish seat is Abbeville. Vermilion Parish is part of the Lafayette metropolitan statistical area, and located in southern ...
, to be "10 times higher than EPA standards of less than 10 parts per billion."''Tulane Professor Studying Arsenic Levels in Rural Louisiana Drinking Water''
Retrieved 2017-07-16


Oilfield canals

There are extensive oilfield canals on the WMA such as Godchaux canal, Talbot Canal, and several others as well as an oilfield tank battery.


See also

List of Louisiana Wildlife Management Areas Louisiana Wildlife Management Areas are protected conservation areas within the state of Louisiana. The goal is protecting, conserving, and replenishing wildlife, including all aquatic life. Wildlife Management Areas may be owned or managed by th ...


References

{{Reflist Wildlife management areas of the United States Protected areas of Louisiana Geography of Assumption Parish, Louisiana Wildlife management areas of Louisiana