Swamp land. Remote, forbidding, treacherous. The Atchafalaya Swamp. It's the largest wetland in the United States. For years it was a major barrier, isolating Acadiana from much of the state. Before ...

Knobby bald cypress tree knees along the water’s edge, wading birds and songbirds at every turn, fishing for the evening meal — this is life at Lake Fausse Pointe State Park. In the middle of the ...

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. “We’re ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Louisiana’s Atchafalaya swamp is a critical floodway for the Mississippi River, and it’s also been impacted by the timber and oil industries. But it’s still an amazing ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HENDERSON, La. (WGNO) —Louisiana is known ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Anyone who has driven along I-10 between Lafayette and Baton Rouge has journeyed over Henderson Lake, soaking in a classic view of towering cypress trees in a Louisiana swamp.