Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Down along the state line in Frankford exists Delaware’s largest freshwater wetland and contiguous block of forest, and perhaps ...

Drive through Maurepas Swamp and it may appear lush and thriving. But over the past century, the swamp has been slowly dying. New trees are few and far between, and the ones there are struggling to ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

LAFAYETTE, La. – In partnership with New Orleans-based artist Nora Patterson, Swamp Pop Sodas is launching a new art series featuring Patterson’s hand-painted images of Louisiana’s diverse plants and ...

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 14-- The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority issued the following news release: Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that the RESTORE Council has voted to approve $130 ...

Valero Energy has donated $1 million to the nonprofit Pontchartrain Conservancy to support a multi-year plan for swamp restoration. Over the past 10 years, Valero has provided money and volunteers to ...

The Bayou Bienvenue Wetland Triangle of today is what is called a “ghost swamp”. Until the 1960s, it was a full of cypress trees, part of the central wetlands system that ran from the Lower 9th Ward ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...

Come spring, native swamp and prairie grasses that have not grown for more than a century along the Des Plaines River will be sprouting near Wadsworth. In two or three years, if all goes well, the ...

GARYVILLE, La. — Louisiana has long relied on a vast levee system to rein in the Mississippi River and protect surrounding communities from flooding. But cutting off the natural flow of the river with ...