Gulf Coast

Punching two more channels upriver from the Bonnet Carré Spillway could bolster habitat nearby while lessening the environmental harm caused farther south, according to a recent Tulane University study.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn why wind energy companies are interested in building turbines on the state’s gulf coast. And we learn what Louisiana's congressional district map could look like after the state legislature embarks on the redistricting process.

Many emergency rooms in the Gulf States region don’t have enough nurses to meet the demands of patients. Then, we hear about Archie Manning's career on NOLA Life Stories, the Historic New Orleans Collection's first person narrative series.

Author and activist John Barry is our first guest today, and he joins us to discuss his continued fight to protect Louisiana's coastal wetlands and hold…

New Orleans native and local fine arts photographer Michel Varisco developed a curiosity about the Gulf Coast region at a young age. With a mother who...

Senator Mary Landrieu says a lawsuit against oil and gas companies is not the answer to renewing Louisiana’s gulf coast.When asked at the Baton Rouge…

The clang of tide gauges throughout parts of southeast Louisiana aren’t from a science fiction movie, though they may make residents feel like they’re...

These days when fishing guide Ryan Lambert motors away from the boat launch in Buras, he’s fishing in the what locals call “the land of used-to-bes.”...

The Water Institute of the Gulf has hired a renowned Mississippi River expert to join their staff to help advance the group’s Gulf Coast restoration and…

This week the state legislature unanimously approved the 2012 Louisiana Coastal Master Plan, a 50 year blueprint for restoring disappearing wetlands and…