The Lafayette Consolidated Government has received final approval to complete the detention ponds along Coulee Ile de Cannes, ...

After centuries of dam building, a nationwide movement to dismantle these aging barriers is showing how free-flowing rivers can restore ecosystems, improve safety, and reconnect people with nature.

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