A screaming 7-year-old boy was pulled from Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana on Friday afternoon, his left foot oozing blood. It wasn't until he calmed down enough to stop screaming that he managed ...

They made their way to Lake Pontchartrain, the vast estuarine oval that hems New Orleans to the north — and defines the city’s character and destiny as much as the winding Mississippi River a ...

The idea of blocking storm surge from flowing into Lake Pontchartrain at the Rigolets isn't new. The Army Corps of Engineers proposed building a barrier in the 1960s and '70s and had designs ready.

(Martin Ecosystems) Just 48 hours after artificial "floating islands" were installed in Lake Pontchartrain to protect and nurture the Bucktown marsh, the innovative $50,000 project was declared a ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Lake Pontchartrain crabbers say they are seeing a significant decline in their catch due to sprawling algae bloom. Green algae are visible across much of the lake. The effects ...