On Tuesday, the state’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) officially began to reconnect the Mississippi River with the Maurepas Swamp ... devastating people who fish there ...

On Tuesday, the state’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) officially began to reconnect the Mississippi River with the Maurepas Swamp, a degraded and submerged swamp forest ... would ...

Maurepas Swamp, one of the largest remaining swamp forests in the United States ... It’s a game-changer for both the environment and the people who depend on it. Today, the State of Louisiana breaks ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE - Palmetto leaves are seen along a bank in the Maurepas Swamp in Ruddock, La., Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020 ...

Shrek’s Swamp for Little Ogres, a playground in DreamWorks Land at Universal Studios Florida, is currently closed. Construction walls are up around the area, and signs advising of “set enhancements” ...

The 456 square kilometers of Maurepas Swamp just to the west of New Orleans holds Louisiana's second-largest contiguous forest, a state wildlife refuge filled with water tupelo and bald cypress ...

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 ...

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 ...

In fact, there would be no New Orleans without the bayous, so you owe it to yourself to take a swamp tour. A mix of saltwater and freshwater, the bayous are home to crawfish, shrimp, deer and ...