[Duck Butter]

Originally Posted by Raymond

BP was satisfying a judgement to the state that former Gov Foster steered White Lake Preserve into the deal instead of BP paying the judgement.
http://www.lawildlifefed.org/content.cfm?new=230&id=178

Checkout what they are getting for leases on the property. At the time in 2002, it was said only those with $$$$ would ever hunt on the property.

http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/whitelakeleases

Good lord!

It was not a 'gift' per se, but it was not bought. It sorta reeks of politics as usual, BUT it is much better to get money from leasing than having to pay an arm and a leg to manage it for public use. We already have hundreds of thousands of acres of public land to play on anyhow. And the whooping cranes out there are having a tough enough time as it is, imagine how long they would last if 100 t-boy jeansonnes and boudreaux thibodeauxs were out there