St. Martin Parish council members and swamp advocates are opposing a river diversion project in the Atchafalaya Basin, citing ...

During this process, the gates are opened that draw water from the Atchafalaya Lake into the Atchafalaya River. However ... Collette says the sight of the basin is jarring, it doesn’t look ...

and creates a drainage basin over 1,245,000 square miles in size. Before reaching the Gulf, the Mississippi meets up with its distributary, the Atchafalaya River," the EPA wrote on its website.

"With the goal of increasing flow, the EGL Project will simultaneously introduce sediment- and fertilizer-laden Mississippi River water into the interior swamp of the Atchafalaya Basin, in a 5000+ ...

Since 2014, the shantyboat has traveled more than 2,600 miles, gathering river histories for a public archive.

At a second meeting Monday of Acadiana representatives to discuss regional drainage issues ... levee along the Atchafalaya Basin following the devastating 1927 Mississippi River flood, it ...

and creates a drainage basin over 1,245,000 square miles in size. Before reaching the Gulf, the Mississippi meets up with its distributary, the Atchafalaya River," the EPA wrote on its website.

The Atchafalaya River in southern Louisiana was formed when the Mississippi River—North America's largest drainage—diverted into the Red River basin. Near the point where the Mississippi and ...

The Atchafalaya basin — the largest river swamp in the United States — encompasses over a million acres of wetlands and marshlands. The wetlands provide a critical buffer against rising seas ...