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 ...

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

Plant life of an inland wetland in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. (Elise Plunk/Louisiana Illuminator) The Environmental Protection Agency wants to take away federal protections for millions of acres of ...

Louisiana’s swamps support a wide range of native wildlife and plant life that many visitors have never encountered ...

The town of Jean Lafitte will open the Louisiana Wetlands Educational Center March 20.

“The loss of wetlands didn’t cause Katrina, but it stripped away the natural buffer that should have slowed the surge.” The lessons that came out of Hurricane Katrina are manifold. The storm exposed ...

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.

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 ...

Opposing views among environmental groups and coastal scientists in Louisiana have spurred intense debates over the use of treated sewage to restore Louisiana’s wetlands. The conflicts could ...

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 ...

A pillar of the state’s coastal restoration plan is dead. Its backers say it would have offered the most effective, natural storm protection. PLAQUEMINES PARISH, Louisiana — Twenty years after ...

The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project has become a massive mess, and no easy solutions present themselves. Going forward, the best approach may be an incremental one. Begun with the best of ...