The closure of the 405-foot-long Bayou Chene floodgate is the first time the three-year-old structure has been used due to ...

The seasons on the bayous of Louisiana are not necessarily summer ... Lower south is the epic, lush, Amazon-like Bayou Pointe-aux-Chenes, and Isle de Jean Charles, an island cut off from the ...

The closure of the 405-foot-long Bayou Chene floodgate is the first time the three-year-old structure has been used due to high water in the Atchafalaya, a St. Mary Parish levee official said.