GARYVILLE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has long relied on a vast levee system to rein in the Mississippi River and protect surrounding communities from flooding. But cutting off the natural flow of the river ...

MARRERO, LA, UNITED STATES, February 27, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Swamp tours across South Louisiana are often associated with close encounters with alligators and ...

Nearly 40 years after regulators declared Devil's Swamp Lake and surrounding wetlands in East Baton Rouge Parish dangerously contaminated, work to protect the public and restore the environment is ...

The dying Maurepas Swamp between Baton Rouge and New Orleans is another step closer to being revitalized thanks to a $60 million grant, the last major funding needed to construct the nearly $500 ...

Every day, more and more natural features across the U.S. (such as land and ecosystems) are lost despite efforts to preserve them. In Louisiana, one of the last of the great river swamps, and the ...

GARYVILLE, La. — Louisiana has long relied on a vast levee system to rein in the Mississippi River and protect surrounding communities from flooding. But cutting off the natural flow of the river with ...