The Amite River Basin Commission is proposing to preserve this 4,265-acre region of lowland swamp in South Baton Rouge for ...

The Amite River Basin Commission, a Baton Rouge regional agency most tied to the long-running Comite River Diversion Canal, ...

Many in the community feel that the Red Stick hasn’t done enough to capitalize on its status as a riverfront city.

In May 1949, 11 inches of rain fell on Fort Worth in nine hours, turning the Trinity River into a 14-block-wide body of water ...

A look back at some of the most destructive and deadliest hurricanes to ever hit Louisiana.

BATON ROUGE, La. — An ambitious project to restore a rapidly vanishing stretch of Louisiana coastline that was devastated by ...

Baton Rouge has several parks and outdoor areas to explore this summer, including the Levee Bike Path along the Mississippi River, the Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center, and the LSU AgCenter Botanic ...

The legislature has changed the state’s legal definition of wetlands, leaving doubt over whether permits will be needed to ...

Environmentalists have come out against a potential bridge corridor that would bisect and partially destroy a primeval ...

GULFPORT, Ill. -- The rising Mississippi River broke through a levee Tuesday, forcing authorities to rescue about a half-dozen people by helicopter, boat and four-wheeler as floodwaters moved ...