The site is a legacy of an earlier era of lax environmental regulations and when the majority Black area also had little ...

Swamp tours are a popular activity for any visit to Louisiana. In addition to alligators, Louisiana's swamps and bayous offer a chance to see bears, beavers, foxes, nutrias and racoons ...

and is home to the largest swamp in America, the Atchafalaya River Basin. Atchafalaya covers more than a million acres of southern Louisiana in a vast stretch of marshland, punctuated by tall trees.