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NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Anyone who has driven along I-10 between Lafayette and Baton Rouge has journeyed over Henderson Lake, soaking in a classic view of towering cypress trees in a Louisiana swamp ...
Dozens of volunteers planted 600 cypress trees near a Madisonville lighthouse on Tuesday morning, organized in connection with the NFL ahead of Sunday's Super Bowl in New Orleans.
The Project To Revitalize The Maurepas Swamp The Maurepas Swamp hasn't been thriving since the clear-cutting of bald cypress trees for building materials in the early 1900s, destroying the forest.
Louisiana is home to one of the most fascinating natural wonders in America: The largest cypress tree in the U.S. Here's where to find it.
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.
A wild and watery preserve situated just half an hour south of New Orleans offers visitors to the Big Easy a simple diversion away from the city's endless party scene. Here, at the Barataria Preserve ...
Tired of the game, Champagne steered us toward a grove of bald cypress trees and carpets of floating green vegetation. The last we saw, Lily was swimming safely toward shore. So it is with swamp ...
Louisiana has long relied on a vast levee system to rein in the Mississippi River and protect surrounding communities from flooding. A beloved recreation site, the swamp also houses bald eagles ...
State and federal authorities in Louisiana celebrated breaking ground on an ambitious $330 million conservation project intended to revitalize one of the state's largest swamp ecosystems by ...