head to Lake Fausse Pointe State Park. Here, the basin is slightly tamed for all to enjoy. Straddling Iberia and St. Martin parishes, the park sits on 6,000 acres outside the West Atchafalaya ...

ST. MARTINVILLE, La. (WAFB) - A state park in the Atchafalaya Basin Swamp is a popular place for camping, especially for people who want to disconnect from the distractions of modern life.

The Atchafalaya has been a National Heritage ... but they form a wacky shape that weaves around Lake Fousse State Park and areas with oilfield canals. The borders are tentative, though, pending ...

A proposed Atchafalaya Basin project is meant to restore wetlands, but some say it could drown communities and devastate a ...

The state Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority announced Monday (Jan. 4) it has banned all vehicle and foot traffic on levees along the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers until further ...

The Atchafalaya has been a National ... of the area proposed for the national park would help settle this issue, Schoeffler said. The state has granted the Sierra Club permission to bring its ...