The state warns against eating fish from the Capitol Lakes in Baton Rouge, citing toxic pollution. But even though the lakes ...

“Ultimately the goal is to make them [the lakes] healthy, make them beautiful — and make them safe,” said John Spain, senior adviser to the Baton Rouge Area Foundation. Phase 1, scheduled ...

the LSU Lakes were created through the damming of Bayou Duplantier and the logging and flooding of the cypress and tupelo once along its banks, according to a Baton Rouge Area Foundation summary ...

creating a 4½-square-mile drainage sump in what would become the state capitol area of Baton Rouge. The lake system has served as a collection area for urban runoff ever since, receiving ...

Louisiana wildlife authorities are investigating after someone caught a red piranha in a lake near the Louisiana State University campus in Baton Rouge. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and ...