Grand Isle in the News
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Grand Isle Migratory Bird Celebration takes place this Friday and Saturday, April 19-20, 2024
The 27th Annual Grand Isle Migratory Bird Celebration takes place this Friday and Saturday, April 19-20, throughout the town of Grand Isle. “The Spring Migration of NeoTropical Songbirds has begun, and Grand Isle is the place to be,” said Jean Landry, Grand Isle...
Nonprofits join to restore Grand Isle’s tree canopy following Hurricane Ida
The Grand Isle Garden Club, Restore Grand Isle and Restore or Retreat will join forces using a Keep Louisiana Beautiful grant to plant live oak trees to replace the cheniere canopy that was damaged by Hurricane Ida. "It’s important to restore the historic live oak...
A weekend away: Grand times in Grand Isle
BY JACK BARLOW | Staff writer Grand Isle has been one of Louisiana's most popular local getaway spots for more than a century. The state's only inhabited barrier island, it's a one-road-in, one-road-out beach town with bars, beaches and plenty to do outdoors. It's an...
Grand Isle State Park reopens following Hurricane Ida closure
The Grand Isle State Park officially reopened June 1, 2023, for the first time since closing for Hurricane Ida. "We are thrilled to have the Grand Isle State Park back open," said Grand Isle Mayor David Camardelle. "This is a big step in our recovery and just in time...
Wave Goodbye The tenacious surfers of South Louisiana
Jordan LaHaye Fontenot https://countryroadsmagazine.com/travel/outdoor-adventures/surfing-louisiana-beaches/ MAY 22, 2019 In the summer of 1964, the Beach Boys’ “I Get Around” spent two weeks at the top of the charts. American International Pictures was gearing up to...
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...
Seaside Summer
Seaside Summer - July-August 2018 issue of Louisiana Life Grand Isle is an important part of the River Delta and dwindling Chenier Plain habitats, as well as a popular fishing and birding hub for both residents and visitors BY PAUL F. STAHLS JR. It’s the surrounding...
Camping at Grand Isle State Park
Written by Kristy Christiansen Sleeping under the stars and other grand adventures on a barrier island beach. The wind was roaring through our open windows as we passed the guard’s gate at Grand Isle State Park and slowly made our way back to the sparsely populated...
Into the Wild of Grand Isle (Country Roads Magazine)
All kinds of folks—from quiet birders to rowdy rodeo fishermen—enjoy this island outpost Written by Jyl Benson Grand Isle State Park is the only state-owned-and-operated beach on the Louisiana Gulf Coast. Were it not for the sparse, spooky ruins of the 160-room Ocean...
Journey to Grand Isle
From Louisiana Travel... Pack your fishing pole and birding binoculars for this simple beach getaway that offers a chance to get away from it all in the splendor of Louisiana's outdoors. By Kristy Christiansen There’s a solitary strip of road that cuts a path through...
Louisiana Life Magazine
Grand Isle – Life on a Barrier Island BY Cindy Ross Photos by Steve Wewerka Five-year-old Mica takes careful aim, leans into her pitch and tosses the metal washer down the hole in the plywood box 15 feet away. Every night she plays with her dad and a handful of other...
Louisiana Conservationist Magazine
Grand Isle: An Adventure Close to Home By Kristy Christiansen Photos by Jackson Hill As the parents of two children being raised in the city, we spend our weekends treating the boys to “adventures” across the state—and sometimes across the country. In fact, we travel...
