Please click the link below to view the St. Mary Parish Hazard Mitigation Plan Update 2020. Pending final approval from FEMA, the plan will be implemented throughout St. Mary Parish, the five municipalities, and the Chitimacha Tribe. https://www.stmaryparishla.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/St.-Mary-Parish-Hazard-Mitigation-Draft-Plan-May-Update.pdf

BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is again advising St. Mary Parish residents to take precautions to minimize encounters with black bears. Today’s advisory follows the recent injury of a dog that chased a bear in a Patterson neighborhood. Bears are seeking food sources in and around neighborhoods throughout the