Maurepas Swamp just to the west of New Orleans holds Louisiana's second largest contiguous forest, a beloved state wildlife refuge filled with water tupelo and bald cypress trees, their branches ...

I first heard of Cat Island Wildlife Refuge when I moved to Louisiana. People told me that the largest bald cypress tree in the world was there. I planned to go see it right away. That was 23 ...

Swamp tours are a popular ... environmental issues coastal Louisiana is currently facing. Afterward, kayakers caravan to the tour site – the closest remaining cypress tupelo swamp, located ...

A freshwater divergence that will reconnect the Mississippi River to Maurepas Swamp. Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana Communication ... groups will plant bald cypress and water tupelo ...

The 176 square mile Maurepas Swamp, a state wildlife refuge, holds Louisiana’s second largest contiguous forest filled with water tupelo and bald cypress trees. Deprived of nutrients from the ...