The level of cancer-causing pollutants left behind in Gulf waters by the BP oil spill was greater than reported by the federal government, according to a report issued this week by a group of independent scientists.[…]
Louisiana Public Broadcasting is unveiling the premier episode of its new six-part series, Alive! In America’s Delta, on Aug. 19 at 7 p.m.[…]
Louisiana’s planned and existing diversion projects continue to yield controversy, but they’re not a one-size-fits-all approach.[…]
Over the course of the 50-year Master Plan, officials say the sediment diversion projects in the document could create up to 300 square miles of new marsh at a cost of $4.1 billion, using a mix of funding ranging from federal dollars to offshore energy royalties.[…]
There’s widespread agreement that puncturing levees and diverting sediment-rich Mississippi River water into adjacent wetlands is key to saving the southeast Louisiana coast.[…]
The first loads of sand have arrived for the Caminada Headland beach restoration that will help fortify parts of Lafourche against storm surge, parish officials said Monday.[…]
Costa has added Realtree AP Camo as a pattern option to a number of their frame styles, including Fisch, Double Haul, Fantail, Blackfin and Zane.[…]
My introduction to Toledo Bend was almost 20 years ago this month when I drove to the reservoir for a Louisiana Outdoor Writers Association meeting. Former Louisiana Sportsman editor Todd Masson and I jumped on John Dean’s boat, and spent a broiling-hot day dropping plastics into 30 feet of water.[…]
SPOT LLC recently announced the new SPOT Global Phone, a portable, easy-to-use and data-enabled satellite phone that provides crystal-clear voice quality with no noticeable delay or echo.[…]
Do you like camping or picnics, but shy away from the grills in parks and campgrounds? […]
A Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries bulldozer and utility vehicle were vandalized recently on the Big Island portion of the Atchafalaya Delta Wildlife Management Area in St. Mary Parish.[…]
While Louisiana has thousands of boats on the water on any given day of the year, recreational boating activity peaks during the summer months.[…]
A 29-year-old Golden Meadow man died early Wednesday from injuries sustained in a boating crash in Lafourche Parish, authorities said[…]
The head of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service declared in a news release that the “great game of hoarding” ammunition by “greedy individuals” was unsportsmanlike.[…]
According to Dr. E.L. Corthell, former president of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the breakdown of the Mississippi River Delta’s coastal wetlands is in part a debate of commercial use and flood control versus conservation. It’s about short-term benefits versus long-term benefits and finding a way to battle a rising sea and disappearing earth.[…]
After a 15-hour search this weekend, authorities rescued a Deville man who got lost Saturday on the Dewey Wills Wildlife Management Area in LaSalle Parish.[…]