NOAA removes 40 place names from official maps Louisiana has lost more than 1%2C800 miles of coast since the 1930s Local groups are suing oil and gas companies to fund projects GRAND BAYOU VILLAGE ...

Bayou Rigolettes and its slightly larger twin, Bayou Perot, have swelled. ... Like many other strange features on the Louisiana map, The Pen was a farm - until the levees failed.

These dry conditions have helped ignite a spate of wildfires across the state. In an average year, wildfires burn roughly 8,000 acres in Louisiana; fires in August alone have set alight more than ...

He’s written several books about our Louisiana swamps and bayous. “There are over 400 named bayous in the state. They’re found in at least 62 of the 64 parishes,” said Ouchley.

Louisiana's official nickname is the Pelican State after the state bird but the state has a few nicknames that describe the state's unique culture. These reference culture, rivers, bayous and ...

SALINE BAYOU, La. (WAFB) - Saline Bayou is one of the few, mostly undisturbed, free flowing bayous left in Louisiana. And because of that, it’s earned federal recognition as a national wild and ...