Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Healthy cypress forests like the one pictured here at Bayou Sorrel, Louisiana, are part of what makes the Atchafalaya Basin a ...

Starting mid-June, the traveling oral history project, “A Secret History of American River People,” will journey by handmade shantyboat through Louisiana’s waterways. Artist Wes Modes and crew will ...

A new coalition of longtime Atchafalaya River Basin conservationists wants a say as Gov. John Bel Edwards convenes a task force set to help shape the future of the area's marshes and waterways.

Several Louisiana organizations have joined together to form The Atchafalaya Basin Coalition, and are asking the governor for representation on the newly-formed task force. The Coalition consists of ...

I read with interest your recent article on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge's 50th anniversary. Our dear family friend, Walter Vincent, was the head of this very challenging project for the Department of ...