The St. Martin Parish Council has filed amicus brief in support of a lawsuit to stop a river diversion project in the ...

St. Martin Parish council members and swamp advocates are opposing a river diversion project in the Atchafalaya Basin, citing concerns over flooding and ecological damage, and have filed a lawsuit ...

ST. MARTIN PARISH, La. — The St. Martin Parish Council has filed amicus brief in support of a lawsuit to stop a river diversion project in the Atchafalaya Basin.St. Martin Parish becomes the ...

When excess nutrients reach the Gulf via the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River Basin, they stimulate an overgrowth of algae. When these algae die and decompose, they deplete oxygen in the water as ...

Lake Verret, part of the Atchafalaya River Basin, is home to fishing camps that have been in families for generations. Like other Louisiana wetlands, the area faces habitat loss and sea level rise.

Photo of cypress trees in the Atchafalaya River Basin. Environmental groups like the Atchafalaya Basinkeeper and Sierra Club worry a new bill will make it easier to develop in isolated wetland areas.

“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.

A new Louisiana law that rolls back protections from development in isolated wetlands is inspired by a 2023 U.S. Supreme ...

America has half a million swimmable bodies of water. If you want novelty, head to one of these US lakes that you haven't ...

“A reading of this law … could say that all of Bayou Sauvage, thousands of acres of wetlands, are now not protected,” Rota ...