A hand holding a phone running the LWF app home screen, on a boat in a Louisiana marsh at sunrise with a fishing rod alongside

Louisiana Wildlife & Fisheries - Self Clearing Permitting

Civic Tech
Mobile App
Compliance Workflow
Check in/out flow
Wallet

Louisiana’s Wildlife Management Areas require a self-clearing permit for every visit. This app moves that process onto your phone: check in, check out, and report harvests without the paper station. I was the principal designer on the original app, working with Envoc for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and it shipped on the App Store.

Client: Envoc / Louisiana Wildlife & Fisheries
Role: UX/UI Designer
Platform: iOS and Android Mobile App
Focus: User Research, UX Workflow, Mobile UI

Louisiana Wildlife & Fisheries

Main Screens & States

The core of the app: plan a visit around the activities you want to do, check in to a location, look up WMA areas and refuges, and buy and track the licenses and permits that keep you compliant.

LWF home screen before check-in: a status card with Plan Your Visit and Start Check-In buttons, nearby WMA areas, and licenses and permits — 01 · Home · Not checked in

Check-in card directs the user to plan a visit or start a check-in.

LWF home screen while checked in: the active visit card for Salvador/Timken WMA with elapsed time and a Check Out button — 02 · Home · Checked in

When the user is checked in, the UI shows the active visit with a check-out button.

WMA Areas and Refuges list sorted by nearest, each area card with photo, distance, allowed activities, and a Check In button — 03 · All WMA Areas

67 areas sortable by distance, with favorites and activities at a glance.

WMA Area Details for Salvador/Timken WMA: photo, acreage, description, expandable rules sections, and Get Directions and Check In buttons — 04 · WMA Area Details

Photos, seasonal status, allowed activities, and other information.

My Licenses and Permits tab: license cards with Expiring and Active badges, an inline Renew Now banner, and a Buy Licenses and Permits button — 05 · My Licenses

The user’s active licenses & permits appear here with easy access to renew.

Purchase tab: browsable licenses and permits with filters, prices, and Buy buttons for renewals and new purchases — 06 · Buy Licenses & Permits

Licenses & permit shopping without leaving the app. Pick, pay, done.

Louisiana Wildlife & Fisheries

Check-In Flow

Every WMA visit legally starts here. Check yourself in, add a companion if you have one, select your location, and pick the activities you plan to do.

LWF home screen with the not-checked-in status card and its Start Check-In button highlighted — 01 · Start on Home

The primary action ‘Start Check-In’ lives in the status card, not buried in a menu.

Check In form: who is checking in, Add Companion, required WMA Location and Activities rows, date and time fields, and a Complete Check In button — 02 · Check In · Incomplete

A clear starting point before a visit: users select WMA location and activities.

Locations list sorted by nearest with Salvador/Timken WMA preselected at 0 miles and a Select WMA Location button — 03 · Select Location

Find, sort, and select a WMA location with favorites, filters, and search results.

Activities picker grouped into Hunting and Harvesting and Fishing, with Hunting checked and a Select Activities button — 04 · Select Activities

Grouping by activity type makes it easy to report your activities on WMA lands.

Check In form with WMA Location and Activities completed and checked green, ready for Complete Check In — 05 · Check In · Complete

Easy check-ins let the user add companions, locations, and activities.

LWF home screen flipped to the checked-in state: active visit card for Salvador/Timken WMA with a Check Out button and elapsed time — 06 · Checked In

The active check-in is prominent on Home, making it easy to find and check out.

Louisiana Wildlife & Fisheries

Check-Out & Harvest Reporting

Closing out the visit is where compliance gets real. Check yourself and any companions out, complete the clearing forms, report each species harvested with the method used, and record tagging details the state requires.

LWF home screen while checked in, with the active visit card's Check Out button as the starting point — 01 · Home · Checked in

Check out starts from the visit card on Home, not a buried menu.

Check Out form: location and activities carried over from check-in, with the check-out date and time left to fill — 02 · Check Out · Incomplete

Everything from check-in carries over and makes it easy to confirm activities.

Review and Complete Activities: the hunting activity flagged incomplete, with an Add Activities option — 03 · Activities · Incomplete

Users are directed to activities that require additional information.

Harvest Species picker: a species list with steppers to set the quantity of each animal harvested, plus a No Harvest to Report option — 04 · Harvest Species Picker

Users can easily add species and quantities to report.

Harvesting screen listing each harvested animal as its own record, with completion tracked per record — 05 · Species Harvested

Each animal gets its own record, tracked until every report is complete.

Harvest Details form for one animal: type, harvest method, tag number entry, and a Physically Tagged toggle — 06 · Harvested Species Detail

A record per animal: type, method, and tag number.

Review and Complete Activities with every activity confirmed complete — 07 · Activities · Complete

Confirm what you actually did. Regulations differ by activity.

Confirm Check Out summary: who checked in and out, location, times, activities, and the harvest report with tag numbers — 08 · Confirm Check Out

The summary doubles as a compliance receipt, tag numbers included.

LWF home screen reset after check-out, with the completed visit logged under recent visits — 09 · Checked Out

Home resets, with the visit logged under recent visits.