Plan to revitalize Maurepas Swamp to help state pay for levee project
Revitalize Maurepas Swamp to pay for levee
Levee to be built but leaving a big hole
A long-awaited levee is being built. But what about the huge hole in ground it could cause?
The luck, or unluck, of a hurricane path
Levees rebuilt after Hurricane Katrina to withstand stronger storms could have still been overtopped
Got 150,000 trucks of dirt? You are needed
A new levee could protect thousands. But where do you get 150,000 dump trucks’ worth of dirt?
More flood protection for Jean Lafitte
Project aimed at protecting from 10-year tidal or rainfall flooding
Making us safe through 2078
Decision shows administration’s commitment to defend region against stronger hurricanes, rising seas
Levee land cleared for levee
Levee to protect LaPlace can move forward after appeals court orders land expropriation
Land value dispute halts levee project
Former judge, prominent lawyer own 364 acres that builders seek for access roads
Do other places on the coast deserve better protection – or just us?
‘Hard conversations’ needed about using sand dunes at Grand Isle, 7-foot levees for Lafitte
Our levees protect us but what about those outside them?
Our levees protect us but hurt those outside the system