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Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center was the premiere research station for the Louisiana Bird Observatory (formerly known as the Bluebonnet Bird Monitoring Project). This project is designed to study year-round population trends and moulting patterns in southern bird populations. [6] This project has conducted bird banding programs since March 2010.
Photo; Audubon State Historic Site: West Feliciana Parish: 100 acres (40 ha) Centenary State Historic Site: East Feliciana Parish: 43 acres (17 ha) Fort Jesup State Historic Site: Sabine Parish: 21 acres (8.5 ha) Fort Pike State Historic Site: Orleans Parish: 22 acres (9 ha) Fort St. Jean Baptiste State Historic Site: Natchitoches Parish: 5 ...
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Bayou Segnette State Park is located in Westwego, Jefferson Parish, southwest of New Orleans, Louisiana, on the west bank of the Mississippi River. Bayou Segnette is not far from the urban center of New Orleans, yet it features access to two types of wetlands, swamp and marsh .
The park is home to many species of birds, including Red-bellied woodpecker, Wood duck, Pied-billed grebe, American coot, Swamp sparrow, and Belted kingfisher. Lake Bruin features largemouth bass, white crappie, bluegill, longear sunfish, and redspotted sunfish. Baldcypress is the major tree in the park.
The combined area of the Sherburne Complex is part of the Atchafalaya Basin, the nation's largest river swamp, containing almost one million acres (4,000 km 2). The basin begins near Simmesport and stretches some 140 miles (230 km) southward to the Gulf of Mexico. Currently, the Atchafalaya Basin is bound by natural ridges formed by levee ...
The 247-acre conservation area is bordered by the 503-acre Chemin-A-Haut State Park to the north [2] and Bayou Bartholomew makes a horseshoe boundary around the east, south and west sides. The conservation area is accessible through the state park from US 425, north of Bastrop, Louisiana, or by boat and a boat ramp is planned. [3]
Fairview-Riverside State Park is a tourist attraction 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Madisonville, Louisiana, United States. Its 99 acres (400,000 m 2 ) is set along the banks of the Tchefuncte River . Within the park is the Otis House Museum, built in 1885, which was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.