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

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.

It's a road we love, hate, and love to hate. The Atchafalaya Basin Bridge happens to be one of man's greatest accomplishments. The Atchafalaya is one of the largest wetlands in the United States. For ...

ST. MARTIN PARISH, La. (KLFY) — St. Martin Parish council members and swamp advocates are expressing their concerns over a river diversion project in Atchafalaya Basin, a project they say could lead ...

A permanent gate that blocks backwater flooding from affecting 30,000 people in six parishes began to be closed Monday morning ahead of expected high water on the Atchafalaya River. The closure of the ...

A decision by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to send more water into the Atchafalaya Basin could be a boon for crawfishermen, and some state officials are hoping it’s a sign the federal agency might ...