The Forest at the Island’s Heart
The Lafitte Woods Nature Preserve stands strong as a last protective haven on Grand Isle BY KRISTY CHRISTIANSEN Fifty miles due south of New Orleans, Grand Isle stands boldly as the front line of defense for Louisiana’s hurricane-battered coast. In normal times, the...
Grand Isle beaches are open!
The town of Grand Isle has announced that their beaches are open to the public. “The town and our employees have worked hard to open 12 beach crossovers so that the public can have access to the beach in Grand Isle,” said David Camardelle, Grand Isle Mayor. “A major...
Hundreds of Louisiana irises were just planted in Grand Isle — and they’ll bloom in few weeks
March 2, 2021, The Advocate, by Halle Parker, Staff Writer More than 500 giant blue Louisiana irises rescued from a plot slated for development have found a new home in the wetlands along the Nature Conservancy’s Lafitte Woods Preserve nature trail in Grand Isle....
Grand Isle makes the New York Times’ 2020 list of places to go
Louisiana’s last inhabited barrier island, Grand Isle begs an unsettling question: Does a place appear more hauntingly beautiful when you know it’s disappearing? A longtime sport and commercial fishing hub two hours south of New Orleans, this pancake-flat wisp of land...
