A rare and elusive bird recently found to thrive in a narrow strip of the Louisiana coast isn’t getting the protections that should come with its new status under the Endangered Species Act, according to a lawsuit that environmental groups
Attorney General Landry will sign off on a major settlement with Freeport McMoRan Inc. A potentially ground-breaking settlement with a major oil and gas company to help restore Louisiana’s disappearing coast will take a big step forward Thursday when Attorney
In a case of “no good deed goes unpunished”, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) says up to a third of the dolphins in Barataria Bay could be killed by the Mid-Barataria Diversion.
Little is new in Louisiana’s annual plan for addressing the rapid filling-in of the Atchafalaya Swamp. Hampered by limited funding streams, the state’s $6 million Atchafalaya Basin Program pales in comparison to the state’s massive restoration efforts along the shoreline.