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I-10 West is blocked on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge just before Whiskey Bay because of a crash, according to the Louisiana ...
The closure of the 405-foot-long Bayou Chene floodgate is the first time the three-year-old structure has been used due to high water in the Atchafalaya, a St. Mary Parish levee official said.
Since 2014, the shantyboat has traveled more than 2,600 miles, gathering river histories for a public archive.
In a stretch of wild land in Iberville Parish, a small dirt dam built across an out-of-the-way bayou is at the center of a ...
St. Martin Parish council members and swamp advocates are opposing a river diversion project in the Atchafalaya Basin, citing ...
The town (pop. 4,262) lies in the heart of Cajun country, at the base of the Atchafalaya River basin. It’s a key passageway for boats hauling food and other supplies to Louisiana’s offshore ...
(WAFB) - Louisiana’s Atchafalaya swamp is a critical floodway ... “And this is the old Bayou channel, which had existed for who knows how many years, it began to silt up,” Baustian said.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has elected to extend crawfish season for one month within the Indian Bayou area of the Atchafalaya basin. The new end date for the season will now be August ...
Construction on the Bayou Bridge pipeline ... groups that include the Atchafalaya Basinkeeper, the Sierra Club, the Gulf Restoration Network, the Louisiana Crawfish Producers Association-West ...
BAYOU SORREL — Down Louisiana 3066 and the Lower Grand River ... This is where the geography maze of the Atchafalaya Basin unfolds in a breathtaking flat canvas of forest, wetlands and pockets ...
Just west of town you'll find the Atchafalaya Basin ... Saint Martinville is a gateway to Louisiana's iconic bayous and swamps. The Bayou Teche Paddle Trail, a 135-mile waterway, passes right ...