How does this swamp and its cypress trees protect us ... This basin takes part of the flow of the Mississippi River and all of the flow of the Red River, but during flood times, this floodway ...

Deprived of nutrients from the stanched Mississippi River, the swamp's iconic trees are dying in stagnant water. Yet they're now set to receive a life-saving boost. State and federal authorities ...

Contractors for the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority have begun work on the Mississippi River Reintroduction to Maurepas Swamp Project, which will feed 2,000 cubic feet per ...

The Maurepas Swamp is separately set to see an ecological revival through a diversion project that recently broke ground, which will reconnect the Mississippi River to the swamp after more than 80 ...

The Atchafalaya Basin, the world's most productive swamp, according to the news ... and protecting millions in South Louisiana from Mississippi River floods.

The Deep South is at once gothic and glamorous, steeped in history, hauntings and a hell of a lot of soul. I sailed through ...

In the historic Everglades, they haunt the corners of the most remote wild lands east of the Mississippi River. They slither along the swamp floor and spend much of their lives underwater.

High water levels for the Mississippi River in New Orleans spurred increased levee inspections from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, its New Orleans District announced Monday, Feb. 24. The river ...