Shell Beach, where generations have made a living from the marshes, is battling rising waters and environmental degradation. That doesn’t stop efforts to save it.

A new native rain garden will teach the community how nature-based solutions help manage stormwater and reduce flooding.

In the wetlands of coastal southeast Louisiana, conservation groups are wrapping up a four-year project to plant 30,000 trees ...

A line of development stretches across Southwest Louisiana, where a new law looks to redefine what wetland areas need permitting for development. (Elise Plunk/Louisiana Illuminator. Aerial support ...

From Other Nonprofit Media showcases select work from other nonprofit news sites around the nation. The Trump administration is fast-tracking energy projects, such as the Blue Marlin Offshore Port ...

Photo of cypress trees in the Atchafalaya River Basin. Environmental groups like the Atchafalaya Basinkeeper and Sierra Club worry a new bill will make it easier to develop in isolated wetland areas. ...

Swamp tours provide context for understanding how the wetlands function and why they matter”— Milton Walker Jr.

ST. MARY PARISH, La. — Amid the rapid erosion of Louisiana's coast, something hopeful is happening where the Atchafalaya River meets the Gulf. A flow of sediment from a decades-old river diversion has ...

Louisiana has lost 2,000 square miles of coastal wetlands since the 1930s. It’s become a cliché to say that Louisiana is losing a football field of wetlands every 100 minutes, but the wetlands in ...

NEW ORLEANS — Now that Christmas is over, your Christmas tree could be used to help Louisiana’s coastal restoration efforts. Christmas tree recycling will happen in both Jefferson and Orleans parishes ...

An aerial view of the Wax Lake Delta on the coast of Louisiana. The delta is one of the few places along Louisiana’s coast that is building land instead of losing it. Credit: Elise Plunk / Louisiana ...