A stretch of more than 45,000 acres of swampland between New Orleans and Baton Rouge has been slowly dying, killing off ...
Mississippi River water down a 5½-mile channel, and save a dying ecosystem in the process. The $330 million Maurepas Swamp ...
Reconnecting the dying swamp to fresh river water is vital for the health of the swamp’s cypress-tupelo forest, which ...
The project will reunite one of the largest forested wetlands in the nation with the Mississippi River more than 80 years ...
Louisiana has long relied on a vast levee system to rein in the Mississippi River and protect surrounding communities from ...
The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana has so far planted 8,150 trees in Maurepas Swamp since 2015 and has plans to add ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Ground was broken Tuesday, December 3, on a project to help revitalize the Maurepas Swamp’s more than 45,000 acres. According to the Louisiana Coastal Protection and ...
State and federal authorities broke ground on a conservation project to restore the 176-square-mile Maurepas Swamp near New ...
A unique project to resuscitate the dying Maurepas Swamp, an overlooked treasure nestled between New Orleans and Baton Rouge along Interstate 10, broke ground on Tuesday. The project will ...
State and federal authorities broke ground on a conservation project to restore the 176-square-mile Maurepas Swamp near New Orleans by diverting Mississippi River water into the area ...
The 176 square mile (456 square kilometers) Maurepas Swamp just to the west of New Orleans holds Louisiana's second largest contiguous forest, a beloved state wildlife refuge filled with water ...