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Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 11:15 PM CDT
|By John Snell
Contractors are crafting a $760 million levee through the swamp that surrounds vulnerable River Parish communities.
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Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 11:41 PM CST
|By John Snell
Dredging in the New Orleans landbridge is aimed at providing hurricane defenses.
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Updated: Feb. 22, 2023 at 10:59 AM CST
|By John Snell
Maurepas Swamp River Diversion will be "like watering a lawn."
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Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 10:11 AM CST
|By Flora Dedeaux and Mike Lacy
Several cities, counties and businesses across the Mississippi Gulf Coast sued the Corps, claiming the more frequent, lengthier openings of the Spillway in recent years have caused significant damage to the environment and economy of the Coast.
Updated: Dec. 19, 2022 at 4:46 PM CST
|By FOX 8 Staff
The proposed $2 billion project on the west bank south of Belle Chasse would be the state’s largest-ever coastal restoration project.
Updated: Nov. 25, 2022 at 12:13 PM CST
|By John Snell
The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion would channel up to 75,000 cubic feet per second of river water into the marsh
Updated: Nov. 16, 2022 at 9:05 PM CST
|By John Snell
Officials intentionally drain Henderson Lake to fight invasive species and improve the water quality.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2022 at 9:54 PM CDT
|By John Snell
Oystermen complain that much fresh water in the system would devastate oyster leases.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 6:17 AM CDT
|By John Snell
For the first time in 75 years, scientists documented endangered sea turtles nesting on a Louisiana beach
Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 5:36 PM CDT
|By John Snell
The concept of the project has been discussed since 1984, but a final Environment Impact Study represents a milestone in the efforts to make it a reality.
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Updated: Aug. 25, 2022 at 9:59 PM CDT
|By John Snell
Residents see the marsh near their homes rapidly deteriorate.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2022 at 10:43 PM CDT
|By Rob Masson
About 120 former residents of sinking Isle de Jean Charles are expected to relocate to government-provided homes 40 miles north in a new community dubbed New Isle.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 10:42 PM CDT
|By John Snell
“RISEE ACT” would share oil, gas and wind energy revenue with states.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2022 at 10:59 PM CDT
|By John Snell
A canal into the Wax Lake area produced new marsh and islands over the last 80 years.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2022 at 10:57 PM CDT
|By John Snell
Coastal activists question Army Corps plan to partially close Neptune Pass
Updated: Jul. 6, 2022 at 4:47 PM CDT
|By John Snell
CPRA hopes to restore some of the 106 square miles of wetlands destroyed in Hurricane Ida
Updated: May. 16, 2022 at 10:04 PM CDT
|By John Snell
St. Bernard Parish leaders call a $394 million ridge restoration "critical" protection for wetlands and levees.
Updated: May. 5, 2022 at 11:03 PM CDT
|By John Snell
2,700 acres project will pump three Superdomes worth of mud
Updated: Mar. 31, 2022 at 12:07 PM CDT
|By John Snell
Early results show positive signs for efforts to plant a new forest in Madisonville.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2022 at 5:25 PM CST
|By John Snell
Two proposed Mississippi River diversions could benefit the Louisiana's wetlands, a new study finds.
Updated: Dec. 24, 2021 at 9:11 AM CST
|By John Snell
In years when there are major disasters, the results can be devastating.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2021 at 10:21 PM CST
|By John Snell
The $100 million Spanish Pass Marsh & Ridge project will create 7 miles of land
Updated: Sep. 23, 2021 at 12:40 PM CDT
|By John Snell
Satellite images show damage to wetlands from Ida appears most severe in areas around Barataria Bay
Updated: Aug. 27, 2021 at 7:52 AM CDT
|By John Snell
The 2020 hurricane season claimed more land around the Irish Bayou community
Updated: Aug. 16, 2021 at 10:02 PM CDT
|By John Snell
The state says Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion played no role in Mandy Tumlin’s civil service appeal
Updated: Aug. 5, 2021 at 2:51 PM CDT
|By Kevin McGill
The question of whether lawsuits blaming big oil companies for loss of vulnerable Louisiana coastal wetlands will be tried in state courts or federal courts has been revived by a federal appeals panel.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2021 at 7:05 PM CDT
|By John Snell
Dredging project adds hundreds of acres to barrier island near Grand Isle
Updated: Jul. 7, 2021 at 10:33 PM CDT
|By John Snell
Most of the Mississippi River’s land-building ingredients never make it to the marsh
Updated: Jun. 11, 2021 at 7:48 AM CDT
|By John Snell
The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Project stirs strong emotions on both sides
Updated: May. 24, 2021 at 9:15 PM CDT
|By John Snell
Lt. Governor warns the Mid-Breton sediment diversion would kill Louisiana seafood industry.
Updated: May. 19, 2021 at 10:00 PM CDT
|By John Snell
A tour guide hopes to raise awareness about America’s largest river swamp.
Updated: May. 6, 2021 at 10:58 PM CDT
|By John Snell
Young trees may already provide a degree of hurricane protection
Updated: Apr. 8, 2021 at 11:12 AM CDT
|By John Snell
A brown pelican injured during the BP oil spill found its way from Georgia home to Louisiana
Updated: Mar. 23, 2021 at 9:25 PM CDT
|By John Snell
The Pontchartrain Conservancy sows a little hope south of Madisonville.
Updated: Mar. 5, 2021 at 5:53 PM CST
|By John Snell
Draft Environmental Impact Statement examines proposed $2 billion sediment diversion.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2021 at 5:32 AM CST
|By John Snell
The coastline was steadily retreating before the back-to-back Hurricanes Laura and Delta of 2020
Updated: Feb. 17, 2021 at 9:50 PM CST
|By John Snell
Settlement money from the 2010 BP oil spill funded the island restoration.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2021 at 4:40 AM CST
|By John Snell
After several high-water events, new land forms in the West Bay diversion in Plaquemines Parish
Updated: Jan. 12, 2021 at 10:56 AM CST
|By John Snell
Settlement from 2010 Gulf oil spill funds $16 million project
Updated: Dec. 22, 2020 at 3:56 PM CST
|By John Snell
Corps of Engineers halts work on a portion of New Orleans to Venice levee project because of nearby bald eagle nest
Updated: Nov. 16, 2020 at 9:56 PM CST
|By John Snell
Louisiana has talked about its coastal land loss for years but finally it’s doing something about the problem.
Updated: Nov. 11, 2020 at 9:33 PM CST
|By John Snell
Late season repairs may have come just in time
Updated: Sep. 4, 2020 at 10:13 PM CDT
|By John Snell
$750,000 in grant money builds speed bumps and new channels in the marsh to capture sediment
Updated: Aug. 14, 2020 at 5:30 PM CDT
|By John Snell
Man-made Gunn Island hosts the state's largest bird colony
Updated: Jul. 30, 2020 at 1:28 PM CDT
|By John Snell
Without a drink of fresh water, scientists warn half the swamp will disappear.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2020 at 5:02 PM CDT
|By John Snell
Bi-partisan plan will sends hundreds of millions of dollars annual to America's parks and forests
Updated: Jul. 20, 2020 at 6:02 PM CDT
|By John Snell
Dr. Sherwood “Woody” Gagliano, a geographer, geologist and archaeologist who was among the first to warn of Louisiana’s coastal land loss, has died at the age of 84.
Updated: Jun. 25, 2020 at 4:18 PM CDT
|By John Snell
30 percent of pelican chicks perished in the storm, biologists estimate
Updated: Apr. 21, 2020 at 9:09 AM CDT
|By John Snell
Monday marks 10 years since the Macondo well blow out in the Gulf of Mexico
Updated: Apr. 10, 2020 at 5:56 PM CDT
|By John Snell
The island was recently rebuilt with 2010 Gulf oil spill money