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Opposing views among environmental groups and coastal scientists in Louisiana have spurred intense debates over the use of ...
To really experience the scenery and wildlife of a Louisiana swamp, you need to find a way to go deep into the woods, away from the traffic and commotion of daily life.
The states that border the Mississippi River have lost at least half of the wetlands they once had, including Wisconsin.
While the science is clear – wetlands have lots of benefits and we know how to build more of them – the future is not. The ...
Every year, LSU AgCenter horticulturists select four plants to add to the Louisiana Super Plant program ... from its native Japan. They also can be found growing as understory plants in the ...
The site is a legacy of an earlier era of lax environmental regulations and when the majority Black area also had little ...
Nearly all of the wetlands in Minnesota’s prairie region have been destroyed. Many of the few that remain – an estimated 5% of the total before settlement – were saved by duck hunters.
While most spiders in Louisiana are harmless, even some venomous species, there are a few venomous spiders whose bites can cause ... commonly found near ponds, streams, as well as wetlands ...
Argentine tegus are being spotted within the Southern U.S., specifically in Florida, Georgia and Texas. Are any in Louisiana? Here's what we know.
On a sunny spring day on a farm outside St. Louis, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin celebrated a ...
In the wake of federal rollbacks, states are now choosing whether to further degrade or expand wetlands protections. Some conservationists fear that a loss of protections will increase the price of ...