Basic Info about the Kisatchie NF Ranger District
The Caney Ranger District in Louisiana's Kisatchie National Forest is more than 30,000 acres.
The Kisatchie National Forest Caney Ranger District includes three units: the Caney Lakes near Minden, the Middle Fork near Homer, and Corney Lake near Summerfield and Bernice.
You can hunt, fish, camp, picnic, or just enjoy wildlife at areas throughout the district.
By The Numbers
Learn more about the refuge.
Lakes
Size in Acres
Recreation Areas
Boat Launches
Campgrounds
Units
Eastern Fence Lizard
Hooded Warber
Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly
American Lady
Nutria
Pipivine Swallowtail Butterfly
Eastern Tent Caterpillar
Wood Duck
Little Brown Skink
This was a tough one. It was almost four-way tie between nutria, ospreys, little brown skinks, and wood ducks, but the colorful ducks edged out the fish hawks, swamp rats, and little reptiles.
More about How You Can Enjoy the Refuge
Most areas of the Caney Ranger District of the Kisatchie National Forest are free and open all day for most of the year. The Caney Lakes Recreation Area closes at 8 p.m., and you’ll pay a $5 fee to get in. There are more details about what you need to legally hunt and fish at the refuge in the tabs below.
Restrooms
You can find public vault toilets at the Corney Lake Unit and flush toilets at the Caney Lakes Unit of the Caney Ranger District.
Accessibility
The areas near the lake at the Corney Lake South Camp are accessible for visitors using canes. Most of the trails around the area are wide enough to make walking them easy. The trails don’t have as much undergrowth to snag a cane on. The swampy area behind the lake at the Corney South Camp is a little more difficult for the visitors with mobility and vision issues, as the ground slopes more toward the water.
Learn More
Learn more about the Kisatchie National Forest Caney Ranger District at the refuge’s official website.
The Caney Ranger District of the Kisatchie National Forest is a fantastic place to find mammals, reptiles, bugs, songbirds, and even raptors. At Corney Lake, you can expect to meet ducks, fish, nutria, rabbits, songbirds, owls, osprey, and all kinds of reptiles and bugs. You can find lists of birds sighted at the refuge with eBird’s “Kisatchie NF – Corney Lake Unit” and “Kisatchie NF – Caney Lakes Unit” Trail Tracker sighting list. For more info about recreation opportunities, go to the Kisatchie National Forest – Caney Ranger District page.
You can fish at all three Caney District lakes: Upper Caney, Lower Caney, and Corney, as long as you have a valid fishing license and follow the guidelines. Learn more about fishing at throughout the district at the “Kisatchie National Forest – Caney Unit “Recreation” page. You can find information on getting and maintaining your fishing license and what species you can keep, check out the Wildlife and Fisheries “Recreational Freshwater Finfish and Crawfish” page. You can also learn about the crawfishing licenses there.
You can hunt gamebirds and waterfowl on the Corney Lake Unit, near the South Shore. To legally hunt there, you’ll need a valid Louisiana hunting license and a Migratory Bird Stamp for hunting waterfowl. Learn more about federal hunting laws enforced by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at the Caney Unit “Recreation” page, and the Louisiana Wildlife Management “WMA/Refuge/Conservation Area Licenses and Permits pages.”
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