CAT ISLAND, La. (AP) – Before the BP oil spill, this shrubby island along the Louisiana coast was a lush green rookery where noisy brown pelicans and other birds clamored. Two years later, the island ...

The Friends of Cat Island volunteer to dedicate their time and energy to protecting Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge, 13,000 acres of federally protected land in West Feliciana Parish — and most ...

Consider this a cautionary tale, in the best sense of things. I first heard of Cat Island Wildlife Refuge when I moved to Louisiana. People told me that the largest bald cypress tree in the world was ...