Louisiana

LOUISIANA
One of the best known and most discussed states.

SOUTHERN LA WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI:
Mostly well known places.

1. Sabine -- decribed under TX

2. Upper Atchafalaya floodway west of the main channel, below highway 190 to Lake Fausse Pointe, in a strip up to five miles wide. Right along the main channel does not look as promising.

3. Upper Atchafalaya floodway east of the main channel though Iberville Parish, in a wide (up to ten miles) band.

4. Lower Atchafalaya floodway in much of Lower St. Martin Parish, extreme southern Assumption Parish, and adjacent Terrebonne Parish. Another fairly large area. Also a nearly contiguous area of coastal swamp forest in south-central St. Mary Parish.

5. Lac des Allemands basin, west of the Lake, south of the Mississippi and north of Bayou la Fourche. I've not heard much about this area; comments?

Also some smaller, narrow areas along Calcasieu, Bundick, Bayou Nespique, and Bayou Queue de Tortue.


NORTHERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA:
Less has been said about this region since the 1940s.

6. Ouachita above Bastrop -- connects with the large swamp in AR.

7. Bayou la Fourche in Ouachita and Richland Parishes, plus Bayou Galion below the railroad, and lower Boueff River below Buckner. A fairly large but somewhat discontinuous area.

8. Tensas NWR (both units), the general vicinity of the former Singer Tract.

9. Black River below Acme -- a fairly large but fragmented area.


ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI:

10. Mississippi mainstem floodplain in western West Feliciana parish and parts of extreme eastern Pointe Coupee parish. Not a place I remember having heard anything about.

11. Maurepas basin, primarily between the lake and I-10, and up the Antes river to near Port Vincent.

12. Pearl River along the MS border and lowermost Bogue Chitto to below I-10. Well known, multiple recent Ivorybill reports.