As a Louisiana-born writer, I enjoyed exploring the Cajun Coast from its Native American roots at Chitimacha Museum to the ...

Starting mid-June, the traveling oral history project, “A Secret History of American River People,” will journey by handmade shantyboat through Louisiana’s waterways. Artist Wes Modes and crew will ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLF Y) — The Atchafalaya Basin Keeper is hosting a public meeting tonight in Lafayette to address sedimentation issues in the Atchafalaya Basin. Officials from Lafayette and St. Martin ...

Lafourche Parish has officially been added to the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area, bringing its boundaries in line with the historical definition of the Atchafalaya Basin, the picturesque swamp ...

ST. MARTIN PARISH, La. (KLFY) — 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 ...

ST. MARTIN PARISH — A state-backed river diversion project intended to restore the Atchafalaya Basin is facing growing opposition from environmental advocates and fishermen who fear it could lead to ...

ST. MARTIN PARISH, La. (KLFY) — Local leaders and residents of St. Martin Parish held a meeting at the Catahoula multipurpose building to discuss a new management plan aimed at protecting the ...

Basin fisherman Roy Blanchard, 63, says, “It’s a way of life that is now dying.” Not that the Atchafalaya isn’t still swarming with critters. Gators 12 feet long share its murky depths with 80- pound ...

Deployment of Atchafalaya Basin Bridge speed cameras has been stopped by the stroke of a pen. Gov. Jeff Landry signed a bill into law this week shuttering the camera program on the congested, ...

The speed limit for trucks on the Interstate 10 Atchafalaya Basin Bridge is now 60 mph, up from 55 mph, the state Department of Transportation and Development said this week. While trucks and cars can ...

The ninth annual "Save the Basin," a celebration of the Atchafalaya Basin, will be Sunday, March 16, at Rock and Bowl in downtown Lafayette. The event will feature live music from Louisiana artists, ...