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Barataria Wire
Comprehensive News Feed for Barataria, LA.
Results 1 - 20 of 62 in Barataria, LA
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Protect Louisiana's environment: Eat jumping fish
... especially when you're in an open system like this," said Michael Massimi, invasive-species coordinator for the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program. "Developing a demand is going to help." In an attempt to battle infiltrating silver carp, ... Comment?
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40 years later, Louisiana brown pelican is back
... brown pelican, our long-esteemed state symbol. In the 1950s, my parents took me from land-bound Lincoln Parish to Barataria Bay on the South Louisiana coast where we watched, in awe, our brown pelicans fly and fish. I never forgot it. It was an ... Comment?
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... Phillip, 19, a cargo handler, of Gasparillo. Body found with gunshot wounds to the head at Upper Ninth Avenue, Barataria. 11) Clayton Mitchell, 30, of Picton Road, Laventille. Shot dead at Marcano Quarry, Laventille. Jan 8 12) Mahipath Gookool, 73, ... Comment?
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Outdoors mailbag: Snake skins, where the ducks are hiding and photo shop
... ago there was an aerial photo in the TP looking southwest from downtown past the river, past Lake Salvador to Barataria Bay. New Orleans almost is dwarfed in the foreground by what appears to be an endless expanse of water. It was a stunning ... Comment?
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Forty years pass, but the state's pelican is back
... brown pelican, our long-esteemed state symbol. In the 1950s, my parents took me from land-bound Lincoln Parish to Barataria Bay on the south Louisiana coast where we watched, in awe, our brown pelicans fly and fish. I never forgot it. It was an ... Comment?
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Protect the environment, eat jumping fish
... especially when you're in an open system like this," said Michael Massimi, invasive-species coordinator for the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program. "Developing a demand is going to help." In an attempt to battle infiltrating silver carp, ... Comment?
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An outdoorsman's holiday wish list
... of trout and 10 redfish. A tide that falls gently from dawn to dusk. Cobia in Lake St. Catherine, and tuna in Barataria Bay. Just one day with the skill to detect trout strikes like Dudley Vandenborre. "Breathable" rain gear that doesn't get asthma ... Comment?
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Volunteer to save Louisiana's coast
... one of Louisiana's only forested ridge-restoration projects by volunteering for a planting this weekend. The Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program volunteer team, Port Fourchon officials and students from Union College of Schenectady, N.Y., ... Comment?
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Volunteers to help save Louisiana's coast
... and preserve 1 of the state's only forested ridge restoration project this weekend. On Saturday and Sunday, the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program volunteer team, Port Fourchon officials and students from Union College of Schenectady, ... Comment?
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... at Lafitte, then I can definitely help you plan your weekend activity schedule. "Just take a short ride down the Barataria Waterway from Seaway Marina to the Texaco Canal System," Capt. Mike Kennair, my Lafitte guide, reiterated moments after sun-up ... Comment?
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Chasing quail in South Louisiana not some wild idea
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... At one time it might have been part of more extensive high ground on the natural levees built by Bayou Barataria, a major distributary of the Mississippi River. Today it's an island of elevated earth; moss-draped oaks might line the borders of the ... Comment?
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Entergy partners on Bayou Segnette project
... outlined in Louisiana's Comprehensive Master Plan for a Sustainable Coast. Bayou Segnette is located in the Barataria Preserve south of New Orleans in the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park. The preserve's 20,000 acres include bayous, swamps, ... Comment?
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Panel considers proposed levee paths
... of Engineers, and could protect communities from Donaldsonville all the way to the West Bank of New Orleans. The Barataria Basin is a complicated system to protect, with vast expanses of wetlands experiencing some of the highest erosion rates in the ... Comment?
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Panel to consider levee alignments
A state-hired panel of engineering and environmental experts from across the country will meet today to begin evaluating five alignments for the planned Donaldsonville-to-the-Gulf levee to block storm surge from the Barataria Basin. Comment?
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Panel to evaluate five levee alignments
A state-hired panel of engineering and environmental experts from across the country will meet today to begin evaluating five alignments for the planned Donaldsonville-to-the-Gulf levee to block storm surge from the Barataria Basin. Comment?
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Coastal wetlands education program conveys memories of fading lifestyles
... on restoring wetlands, is located just minutes from Bayou Bienvenue, Recasner has to bring his students to Bayou Barataria, near Lafitte, to learn about Louisiana's shrinking coast. Hilary Collis of America's Wetland Conservation Corps. said many ... Comment?
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Mosquito spraying planned in Jefferson Parish
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... Westwego north of Lapalco Boulevard on the south between Victory Drive and Louisiana Street. Both sides of Bayou Barataria. If weather prevents Friday night spraying, it will take place Saturday between 5 a.m. and 7:15 a.m., the administration said. ... Comment?
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Fishin' Report: Head to Lafitte after the rain for redfish
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... aboard by hand, confident that the line won't snap on the dead lift. Now, it could be confusing to negotiate the Barataria pond maze if you're not familiar with the area. Should that be the case, you can always call Capt. Phil and set up a trip with ... Comment?
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Obama officials hear of crisis in coastal Louisiana
... not just a swamp. People live out there," said Tracy Kuhns with Louisiana Bayoukeeper, an advocacy group based in Barataria, La. "When you lose all that, you lose our culture." Kuhns said south Louisiana's coastal residents have "watched as our ... Comment?
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Obama officials hear of crisis in coastal La.
... not just a swamp. People live out there," said Tracy Kuhns with Louisiana Bayoukeeper, an advocacy group based in Barataria, La. "When you lose all that, you lose our culture." Kuhns said south Louisiana's coastal residents have "watched as our ... Comment?
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