It was February 2019 when Ben Pierce had his drone out in Henderson Lake in the Atchafalaya Basin and the thing starting blinking red to indicate that something was wrong.

The river levels have to be lower than the lake. So we can actually have a place to draw it down to,” Collette said. "This year you couldn't ask for a better year to do it because it's a record ...

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 ...

America’s largest river swamp is ailing. Fixing it could be a battle. By Miranda Willson | 08/02/2024 01:38 PM EDT . The Atchafalaya River Basin has been dramatically changed by flood control.

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

I-10 West is blocked on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge just before Whiskey Bay because of a crash, according to the Louisiana ...

According to DOTD, there have been more than 20 fatalities in the last seven years on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge. “Last year, we had two fatalities and about 270 crashes,” said Mallett.

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 ...