HENDERSON, LA (WAFB) - Bass, catfish, and perch make for a great fish fry down on the bayou, but lately, the Louisiana ... cypress trees in the waters of the Atchafalaya. "Well, I guess this is a ...

Most people drive past Louisiana's premier urban nature center daily without knowing it exists. Bluebonnet Swamp houses rare ...

But more photographers and nature lovers are discovering a late autumn treat in Louisiana cypress forests ... it’s a swamp. You know, we got some colors on the trees on it.

(via PBS Terra) In the Atchafalaya Basin—the largest river swamp in the U.S.—ancient cypress trees act as natural barriers against hurricanes and extreme weather. Spanning a million acres, these ...

A typical houseboat in Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin (Photograph by Kris Davidson) I’m in a floating cabin—a wooden houseboat—sliding between cypress trees ... river swamp in the nation.

Louisiana forester ... harvesting the majestic trees could destroy a fragile ecosystem. Ecology professor Gary Shaffer says cypress play a crucial role in the swamp forests that cover hundreds ...

ASCENSION PARISH, LA (WVUE) - In a state that celebrates its old live oak trees, a New Orleans man is searching for bald cypress trees that were standing at the time of the Louisiana Purchase.

In the swamp behind the lighthouse, the volunteers dug basketball-sized holes in the mud for the cypress saplings. Jared Lyons, a portfolio manager at Entergy, said he's done other tree-planting ...

When you think of Louisiana ... Beaches When Visiting Florida The Maurepas Swamp hasn't been thriving since the clear-cutting of bald cypress trees for building materials in the early 1900s ...