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 reunite one ...

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 ...

It is a scene straight out of Louisiana lore, a seeming exemplar of swamp life: Craggy cypress trees, moss dangling from their branches, stretch out for thousands of acres atop dark, shallow waters.

On Tuesday, the state’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) officially began to reconnect the Mississippi River with the Maurepas Swamp, a degraded and submerged swamp forest directly ...

Construction of a 5 ½-mile channel through St. John the Baptist Parish to reintroduce Mississippi River water into the Maurepas Swamp could be completed in four years, thanks to a decision to dedicate ...

GRAMERCY, La. (WVUE) - Motorists heading up Interstate 10 near Gramercy might view the Maurepas Swamp as a thriving, living Louisiana postcard. Yet, deeper inside the swamp, something is horribly ...

FRANKFORD, Del. (AP) - As a young boy, a high school student and now a 33-year-old adult, Andrew Martin has been swamped. The Great Cypress Swamp, Delaware Wild Lands Inc.’s 10,600-acre property ...

DOUGLASS (Mont.) >> A sprawling 760-home development on 208 acres in New Hanover will increase traffic on Swamp Pike and East Philadelphia Avenue by 50 percent in the coming years. That has Douglass ...

Revitalizing a wide swath of the second-largest swamp in Louisiana has been discussed for at least a couple decades, but enough stars have finally aligned to allow the project to move forward. Work is ...