Bald cypress trees are native to North America, and are typically found within a range spanning from the Southern U.S. to the southern tip of Illinois. This type of tree is known for being as ...

LAFAYETTE, KATC — On a crisp Saturday morning, volunteers from across the parish gathered at Beaver Park in Lafayette to roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirty for a good cause. The group, ...

Dozens of volunteers planted bald cypress trees around a nearly 200-year-old Madisonville lighthouse for a wetlands restoration project Tuesday morning — the latest restoration event organized by ...

Lake Martin, La — LAKE MARTIN, La. — We were looking for the big ones — the kind of alligators that give thrills to tourists toting cameras on shallow aluminum boats. After strolling the boardwalk ...

Bald cypress trees once covered more than a million of acres of Louisiana before the logging boom, which nearly eliminated all of the old-growth cypress. Cypress logging for commercial markets grew to ...