The Lower Mississippi River Comprehensive Management Study moves forward despite slashed budget
More than 50 fisheries biologists, hydrologists, foresters, engineers, private landowners, wetland ecologists, recreational and commercial fishermen and state and federal agency staff from Wildlife and Fisheries, Army Corps of Engineers and the United States Geological Survey gathered in Lafayette in April 2025 to discuss how to improve the Atchafalaya Basin.
Organized by the non-profit habitat conservation organization The Nature Conservancy and the Corps of Engineers, the group was selected to find some consensus on ways to help improve fisheries, tree health and water quality in the Atchafalaya while limiting sedimentation and the spread of invasive species in the lower river’s largest swamp…