A bumpy, 20-minute ride on a Star Wars-like people mover crosses new land, the result of a nearly complete marsh creation project in an area that badly needs it. The ride was part of a recent tour to ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has concluded that construction of the $3 billion Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion will not impact flood insurance rate maps for Plaquemines Parish, a regional ...

This map shows the location of more than 25,600 individual wells, dots, and the 125 well fields where they are located, circles, in the Barataria Basin. The lines indicate the distance between fields.

This map shows the expected land gain resulting from operation of the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion through 2070. (Army Corps of Engineers) But in a statement Monday evening, Plaquemines officials ...