LAFAYETTE, Louisiana -- A Louisiana man made a decision that could have been deadly. Instead, it got him in trouble with law enforcement. Jimmy Jennings of Lafayette is seen on video jumping from ...

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 ...

Atchafalaya Basinkeeper announced it will host its ninth annual Save the Basin, celebrating and supporting one of the area’s most important swamps. The all-day event will be Sunday, March 16, at Rock ...

A scenic route through Louisiana's wetlands offers some of the South's best birdwatching, where forests, bayous, and trails ...

LAFAYETTE, La. — The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) will hold a Commercial Fisheries Listening Session at 6 pm on Monday, March 10, 2025. Inland Fisheries biologists will ...

The Atchafalaya Basin (dark green in this satellite image, with the Atchafalaya River running through its center) is almost a million acres of bottomland woods and swamp. DeWitt Braud, LSU/USGS Nat.

The Atchafalaya Basinkeeper organization, Louisiana crawfish producers and environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday challenging a project that is supposed to increase water flow and ...

Each episode of NBC's The Americas focuses on a specific region of the American supercontinent. For an hour, narrator Tom Hanks takes us up close and personal with natural stories happening in faraway ...

Earlier this year dozens of bass fishermen asked a lot of questions about one of their favorite fishing spots, the Atchafalaya Basin. Maybe some answers will come Thursday when state Wildlife and ...

In this opinion piece, Courtney Briggs, president of the Agricultural Nutrient Policy Council, argues that the council has successfully served as a bridge between farmers, lawmakers, and governmental ...

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, ...