Researchers at Louisiana State University’s Coastal Systems Ecology Lab, led by wetland scientist and professor Robert ...

The Mississippi River basin encompasses parts of 31 states and two Canadian provinces and is over 1,245,000 square miles in size. The Mississippi meets with the Atchafalaya River, which combines ...

The Mississippi River is the nation’s most endangered river, a national conservation group says, because of federal plans to ...

indeed form the heart of this country—anyone driving west from New Orleans crosses the vast Atchafalaya Basin on an 18-mile causeway. Not that long ago, I floated the bayous in a 24-foot ...

On Monday, the new Bayou Chene floodgate was closed for the first time due to high water to protect several parishes from backwater flooding as the Atchafalaya River continues to rise. The ...

Two photographs from the Atchafalaya Basin in Louisiana surfaced in 1971, and while one respected ornithologist thought they were authentic, other experts derided them as a hoax. The Cuban ivory ...

Discover how The Atchafalaya Basin protects Louisiana's coast from hurricanes.

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