Episode 24: Swamp Whisperer: Going Deep into Honey Island with Guide Jessica Gauley

Louisiana is known for its swamps, and for good reason. In spite of some of the associations with have with the word swamp, I find them beautiful, mysterious, and magnetic. In this episode, I talk with Jessica Gauley about a section of swamp along the Pearl River known as Honey Island. Jessica grew up

By |2024-01-10T16:59:51-05:00July 12th, 2023|Podcast|Comments Off on Episode 24: Swamp Whisperer: Going Deep into Honey Island with Guide Jessica Gauley

Episode 5: Boyce Upholt on the Plan to Rebuild Louisiana’s Coastal Marshes

For decades, Louisiana has been losing coastal marshes in areas around the mouth of the Mississippi River. The biggest causes for the loss of land are the levees built along the Mississippi and the hundreds of canals cut through the marshes for oil and gas exploration. Hurricane Katrina helped renew the determination to

By |2022-09-02T11:55:33-05:00August 31st, 2022|Podcast|Comments Off on Episode 5: Boyce Upholt on the Plan to Rebuild Louisiana’s Coastal Marshes

Louisiana’s Great River Road

Louisiana is a photogenic state, with a great mix of wild places and fascinating cities. Scroll through the images in this gallery for a slice of life along the state's Mississippi River corridor, but check back. I'll be adding more photos in the next few months. For pictures of New Orleans, go to this gallery.

By |2017-11-14T15:45:30-05:00November 15th, 2017|Of Places|Comments Off on Louisiana’s Great River Road

Beauty at the Far End of the River

Some fifty miles downriver of New Orleans, Bohemia Beach comes into view like Brigadoon, an oasis of sandy beach between piles of rip rap that I fear will disappear when I wake up. When I met the Rivergator expedition on the west bank of the Mississippi River at Algiers, downtown New Orleans looming behind

By |2018-12-10T17:59:08-05:00November 17th, 2015|About the Mississippi Valley|1 Comment

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