BARATARIA BAY, La. – BARATARIA BAY, La. (AP) — The sand dunes and islands of Barataria Bay, a huge expanse of water and marsh on Louisiana's coast, have become the latest casualty of the environmental ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WVUE) - New questions were raised a meeting with Louisiana’s Coastal Protection Restoration Authority Wednesday (March 20) about what could wind up being one of the largest ...

Applications for hunting permits for the Barataria Preserve of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve will be available from Sept. 3 through Oct. 1 at the preserve visitor center, 6588 ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The head of Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) assured lawmakers that funds allocated to the $3 billion Mid-Barataria Bay diversion project would not ...

ALL RIGHT, AND YOU KNOW WHETHER MIGHT BE PLAYING A KEY ROLE IN SOME WORK HAPPENING ON THE BARATARIA BRIDGE TODAY, WHICH IS SAID TO BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC BEGINNING AT TEN O’CLOCK THIS MORNING UNTIL 2:00 ...

The Barataria Bridge was struck by a barge Sunday night, and according to Jean Lafitte mayor Tim Kerner Jr., the damage is significant.This brings big impacts to those who live in the area, as it is ...

In the annals of coastal protection efforts in Louisiana, progress has never been in a straight line. Periods of vigorous activity have been followed by periods of re-evaluation and assessment. It ...

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JEAN LAFITTE, La – Images shared by the mayor of Jean Lafitte show extensive damage to the Barataria Bridge after a barge collided with it overnight. Tim Kerner posted the pictures to his Facebook ...

The Town of Barataria in Jefferson Parish received much needed emergency equipment over the weekend. Guardsmen with the 225th Multi-Role Bridge Company began ferrying emergency equipment from Lafitte ...