The vast wetlands of southern Louisiana are lovely to people and critical to wildlife. Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge is designated as a Globally Important Birding Area and hosts incredible numbers of waterfowl, shorebirds, wading birds and raptors. Fishing in the shallow water or flying across the sunset sky, ducks, egrets, spoonbills and hawks can all be spotted here. If you want to join the birds looking for dinner, fishing season recently opened. Good luck! Photo by John and Karen Hollingsworth, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.