State and federal authorities in Louisiana celebrated breaking ground on an ambitious $330 million conservation project ...
Today the state is breaking ground on the Maurepas Swamp Project in St. John the Baptist Parish. A freshwater divergence that will reconnect the Mississippi River to Maurepas Swamp.
Reconnecting the dying swamp to fresh river water is vital for the health of the swamp’s cypress-tupelo forest, which ...
The project will reunite one of the largest forested wetlands in the nation with the Mississippi River more than 80 years ...
Mississippi River water down a 5½-mile channel, and save a dying ecosystem in the process.The $330 million Maurepas Swamp ...
Ground was broken Tuesday, December 3, on a project to help revitalize the Maurepas Swamp’s more than 45,000 acres.