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Of all the levees, gates and walls keeping the Mississippi River in place across the length of America’s spine, Old River ...
“A Secret History of American River People,” will journey by handmade shantyboat through Louisiana’s waterways. Artist Wes Modes and crew will navigate Bayou Teche and the Atchafalaya Basin.
With large cypress tree forests, vast wetlands, and an abundance of wildlife, this Louisiana natural wonder is a lookalike of ...
From "Tarzan" to "All the King's Men," this scenic movie-lover's road trip showcases the best of Louisiana with dramatic ...
The Atchafalaya Expedition travels thousands of miles through waterways collecting community stories-- and will now dock in ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Louisiana’s Atchafalaya swamp is a critical floodway for the Mississippi River, and it’s also been impacted by the timber and oil industries.
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 lawsuit. Environmental advocates fear cases like this could become more ...
Bayou Teche begins near Port Barre in St. Landry Parish where it draws water from Bayou Courtableau. It flows southward for 125 miles until it meets the Lower Atchafalaya River at Patterson.
Camp houses are pictured along Bayou Benoit, about a half-mile from an existing pipeline right of way, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016, near Parish Road 169 and La. 3083 in St. Martin Parish.
To protect southeast Louisiana parishes against the Atchafalaya River backwater flooding and intense storms during hurricane season, a 446-foot floodgate opened for the first time on Bayou Chene ...
Hazmat incident in Atchafalaya Basin leaves nearby waterways closed by: Seth Linscombe Posted: Aug 20, 2023 / 03:00 PM CDT Updated: Aug 20, 2023 / 09:28 AM CDT ...
To protect southeast Louisiana parishes against the Atchafalaya River backwater flooding and intense storms during hurricane season, a 446-foot floodgate opened for the first time on Bayou Chene ...