After nutria were first brought in from South America in the 1930s by fur traders as a cheaper alternative to mink and other furs, Louisiana traders had their hopes right up there that these fast ...
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 ...
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 ...