Protecting the Atchafalaya Basin is vital as sedimentation and current management impact its floodway function. Dean Wilson highlights its role in flood control, habitat and regional culture.

ST. MARY PARISH, La. — Amid the rapid erosion of Louisiana's coast, something hopeful is happening where the Atchafalaya River meets the Gulf. A flow of sediment from a decades-old river diversion has ...

The delta plain of the Mississippi River is disappearing. The lobe-shaped arc of coastal land from the Chandeleur Islands in eastern Louisiana to the Sabine River loses a football field’s worth of ...

MELVILLE, Louisiana (KADN) — A tugboat struck a railroad bridge that crosses the Atchafalaya River in St. Landry Parish, causing significant damage to the barge it was pushing. Authorities reported ...