Gov. John Bel Edwards today announced the start of construction on the Lake Borgne Marsh Creation Project in St. Bernard Parish. The project is a part of the large-scale restoration strategy for the Pontchartrain Basin to reestablish the bay rim and intertidal marsh habitat in the area.

MOBILE, Ala. – The Alabama State Port Authority) requested and received permission from the US Army Corp of Engineers to extend until February 3, 2022, the public comment period associated with a planning project to create 1,200 acres of wetlands in the Upper Mobile Bay.

San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), home to some of the only forested wetlands adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico in Texas, gained 4,628 acres of Columbia Bottomlands habitat for the benefit of resident and migratory wildlife on Dec. 21, 2021.

SIESTA KEY, Fla. (WFLA) – After a split 3-3 vote Tuesday evening, the delegation of state legislators from Sarasota County is not referring a Siesta Key incorporation request to the full legislature this session.

Award-winning food and travel writer Alexander Lobrano pens a love letter to Gulf shrimp—and ponders its future.

While some folks might view them as messy, bug-infested places to avoid, swamps, marshes and other types of wetlands provide numerous benefits to people, flora and fauna.

Stronger hurricanes, hot winters and unusual crawfish behavior that's driving the crustacean’s mass emigration from Louisiana’s coast.

Part 1 of 2 in the story of how the Perdido River became the rare coastal waterway where preservation moved faster than development

MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WPMI) — A new plan from the State Port Authority is raising eyebrows. The idea is to use dredging sediment to create a 1200 acre island south of the Causeway but some are questioning how the project may affect the quality of the area's water.

2020 Census revealed that more than two-thirds of state's population is concentrated in its southern third

Escambia County’s tourism has rebounded strongly from a 2020 full of COVID-related closures, Hurricane Sally damage and staffing shortages, reporting a 23% increase in bed tax collections over 2019 with a head start on what could be an even more record-breaking 2022.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District today released a new video showcasing Galveston District’s Babe’s Beach nourishment project that took place this summer through the fall 2021.

MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WPMI) — A new plan from the State Port Authority is raising eyebrows. The idea is to use dredging sediment to create a 1200 acre island south of the Causeway but some are questioning how the project may affect the quality of the area's water.

WALTON COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) — Walton County commissioners voted Tuesday to approve the purchase of the 400-foot parcel of beachfront land off San Roy Road to the tune of $9.5 million.

More deepwater exploration and project sanctions in the US Gulf of Mexico could be in store for the E&P sector during 2022 assuming robust oil prices hold up, according to analysts.

Taylor Energy Company LLC (Taylor Energy), a Louisiana oil and gas company, has agreed to turn over all its remaining assets to the United States upon liquidation to resolve its liability for the oil spill at its former Gulf of Mexico offshore oil production facility — the source of the longest-running oil spill in U.S. history, ongoing since 2004.

Some residents question $29 billion Ike Dike Project

U.S. census data shows 45 of Louisiana’s 64 parishes lost population over the past decade, as younger workers leave small towns for urban areas and other states, the LSU Manship News Service reports.

Louisiana oil and gas company Taylor Energy will be liquidated and required to turn over all its remaining assets to the United States to resolve its liability for an oil spill at its former Gulf of Mexico offshore oil production facility — the source of the longest-running oil spill in U.S. history which has been ongoing since 2004.

GULFPORT, MISS. A test project to raise tiny baby oysters on shells to add to oyster reefs has succeeded beyond expectations, says the head of Mississippi’s Department of Marine Resources.

Hundreds of Siesta Key residents attended a recent town hall meeting, hosted by the local delegation, to discuss the incorporation of the island. Islanders want more control over development.

A family-owned fishing pier described as a “welcome mat” to Dauphin Island will be under county ownership by the end of day on Wednesday.

Florida environmental regulators issued a permit Thursday for a controversial project that involves injecting wastewater from a troubled former phosphate plant into the ground.

(NOAA) - Federal and state agencies continue to restore the Gulf of Mexico after the largest oil spill in U.S. history 11 years ago. More than $2.4 billion in settlement funds were committed to habitat and resource restoration through 2020 and settlement payments will continue through 2031.

DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — An amendment to Walton County's beach activities ordinance that would clear 15 feet of beach at the toe of the dunes for emergency vehicles but would alternatively provide for 15 feet of space for emergency vehicles at the water's edge in some instances, is firmly rooted in the county's ongoing legal battle over customary use of its beaches.