Louisiana is home to America's largest swamp, which offers a variety of fun activities to check out during your next vacation ...

I was on a boat in the Bohemia Spillway, southeast of New Orleans, taking pictures for an article I was writing. Coming around the corner of a canal, I saw them for the first time: a herd of ...

The project, which has been discussed for decades, involves building a small-scale river diversion to revitalize one of the last remaining coastal freshwater swamps in Louisiana. “This is ...

FILE - Palmetto leaves are seen along a bank in the Maurepas Swamp in Ruddock, La., Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerald ...

To Save a Dying Swamp, Louisiana Aims to Restore the Mississippi River's Natural Flow GARYVILLE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has long relied on a vast levee system to rein in the Mississippi River and ...

The 176 square mile (456 square kilometers) Maurepas Swamp just to the west of New Orleans holds Louisiana's second largest contiguous forest, a beloved state wildlife refuge filled with water ...

The 176 square mile (456 square kilometers) Maurepas Swamp just to the west of New Orleans holds Louisiana’s second largest contiguous forest, a beloved state wildlife refuge filled with water ...

Louisiana will monitor the entire 45,000-acre ... and she is hopeful that Maurepas Swamp will serve as a proof of concept for future collaborations between the Army Corps and CPRA.

FILE - Palmetto leaves are seen along a bank in the Maurepas Swamp in Ruddock, La., Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) GARYVILLE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has long relied on a vast ...