Environment

5+ day, 49+ min ago   (333+ words) A line of cypress trees on the edge of Lake Maurepas just west of New Orleans. Livingston Parish is calling on residents to volunteer for its waterway cleanup Saturday as part of a monthlong statewide campaign to keep litter out…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (722+ words) Ankle deep in the muck, LSU students combed through tall grass in the brackish marsh of Grand Isle, Louisiana, searching for snails. They were looking for specimens that had been tagged and color coded earlier in the summer. The retrieved…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (674+ words) Two compressors (blue) and motor (green), seen Friday, Dec. 15, 2017 at the East Baton Rouge Parish North Landfill, where methane gas generated from the trash in the landfill is being trapped to sell to Exxon and BASF, where it's burned as…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (122+ words) The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission has set the 2026-2027 oyster season based on the annual oyster stock assessment provided by Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries biologists and input from the Louisiana Oyster Task Force. The following dates were set…...

2+ week, 21+ hour ago   (368+ words) A proposed development in Pecan Island is being pitched as an economic win for coastal Louisiana. But for many of the people who already live and work there, the more pressing question is what that growth could cost. In Vermilion…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (206+ words) LAFAYETTE — Louisiana's new Love our Waterways initiative is launching on September 1. Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser said, “80% of the trash that ends up on our streets ends up in our waterways.” The initiative's goal is to address an issue in Louisiana…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (82+ words) Southern University's Department of History is calling on the community to help clean-up the historic Lutheran Cemetery on Saturday, August 29, from 10 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. The cemetery is located at 1735 Eddie Robinson Sr. Drive in Baton Rouge. Southern University's Department of History is…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (145+ words) Louisiana Marsh in Vermilion Parish PECAN ISLAND, La. (NEWS 15) — The Louisiana Wildlife Federation is raising concerns about coastal restoration, wetlands protection and the waiver of numerous environmental laws tied to a SpaceX project in the state. While SpaceX and the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (148+ words) The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Crab Task Force will meet in Houma next week. The Louisiana Crab Task Force is responsible for advising LDWF and the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission on the management and development of the…...