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 ...

Bald-cypress is a typical tree of this vast wetland, often growing within the swamp areas, draped in moss, and providing food, nesting places and shelter for many of the animals found here. Twice a ...

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 ...