But the largest swamp in the country isn't in either of those two locations. It's in southern Louisiana, and it brims with ...

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 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 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Swamp pop crooner Terry DeRouen who began recording songs at the age of 14 and ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...