Discover how The Atchafalaya Basin protects Louisiana's coast from hurricanes ... How does this swamp and its cypress trees protect us from hurricanes, and how can we protect them?

It's in southern Louisiana, and it brims with wildlife and opportunities to see wild animals up close. The Atchafalaya Basin (pronounced "Chaff-Uh-Lie-Uh — the "A" is silent) is America's ...

A permanent gate that blocks backwater flooding from affecting 30,000 people in six parishes began to be closed Monday morning ahead of expected high water on the Atchafalaya River. The closure of ...

Mississippi and Louisiana, destroying 41,000 buildings and killing hundreds. In the Basin’s main river, also called the Atchafalaya, floodwaters rose seven feet above its natural levees.

A tugboat struck a railroad bridge that crosses the Atchafalaya River in St. Landry Parish, causing significant damage to the ...

Amid the rapid erosion of Louisiana's coast ... Lake Delta remains and continues to grow and reach out into the Atchafalaya Basin,” said Alisha Renfro, a coastal scientist with the National ...

“We have sea level rise, we have storms, but yet … the Wax Lake Delta remains and continues to grow and reach out into the Atchafalaya Basin,” said Alisha Renfro, a coastal scientist with the National ...