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Atchafalaya Basin. The wetlands of Louisiana are water-saturated coastal and swamp regions of southern Louisiana, often called "Bayou".. The Louisiana coastal zone stretches from the border of Texas to the Mississippi line [1] and comprises two wetland-dominated ecosystems, the Deltaic Plain of the Mississippi River (unit 1, 2, and 3) and the closely linked Chenier Plain (unit 4). [2]
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Louisiana that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register; or are otherwise significant for their history, their association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
A swamp in the Atchafalaya Basin. The Atchafalaya Basin, or Atchafalaya Swamp (/ ə ˌ tʃ æ f ə ˈ l aɪ ə /; Louisiana French: Atchafalaya, [atʃafalaˈja]), is the largest wetland and swamp in the United States. Located in south central Louisiana, it is a combination of wetlands and river delta area where the Atchafalaya River and the ...
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Elm Hall Wildlife Management Area: Assumption: 2,839 Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries [8] Esler Field Wildlife Management Area: Rapides, Grant: 12,500 [9] Louisiana National Guard Floy Ward McElroy Wildlife Management Area Richland: 681 Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries [10]
On June 30, 1980, President Jimmy Carter signed Public Law 96-288 authorizing the 40,000-acre (160 km 2) Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Washington and St. Tammany Parishes, Louisiana, and Pearl River County, Mississippi. Since that time, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been acquiring bottomland hardwood habitat in the ...
Location of Washington Parish in Louisiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington Parish, Louisiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington Parish, Louisiana, United States. The locations of National Register properties for ...
Three sites interpret the Cajun culture of the Lafayette (southern Louisiana) area, which developed after Acadians were resettled in the region following their expulsion from Canada (1755–1764) by the British, and the transfer of French Louisiana to Spain in the aftermath of the French and Indian War. Acadian Cultural Center in Lafayette
Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area is a 112,615-acre (45,574 ha) [1] tract of protected area located in parts of Ascension, Livingston, St. John the Baptist, St. James and Tangipahoa Parishes, Louisiana, encircling three sides of Lake Maurepas.