New growth springs up around a normally submerged cypress stump Friday, November 4, in the Atchafalaya Basin near Henderson ... we actually drained it.” The lower levels allows for the control ...

During this process, the gates are opened that draw water from the Atchafalaya Lake into the ... The river levels have to be lower than the lake. So we can actually have a place to draw it down ...

The St. Martin Parish Council has filed amicus brief in support of a lawsuit to stop a river diversion project in the ...

HENDERSON, La. (KLFY) — McGee Louisiana Swamp and Airboat Tours is one of the businesses in the landing industry seeing the effects of lower water levels in the Basin. Katrina Collette with ...

The Atchafalaya basin — the largest river swamp in the ... the Army Corps of Engineers is conducting a comprehensive study of the lower Mississippi River system, which could eventually shake ...

The lower portion of cypress trees form a buttress-like support, keeping the trees firmly in place during high winds and adding structural support against hurricanes and storm surge, Atchafalaya Basin ...

Lower water levels this fall ... Hurricane Ida brought huge amounts of rainwater runoff into the Atchafalaya Basin. “We actually had water levels rise about seven feet in ten days here in ...