(Courtesy CSRS/University Lakes Project — Click image to enlarge.) It’s been clear for years that Baton Rouge’s cornerstone recreational feature, the LSU lakes, needs attention. Multiple studies have been conducted on the lakes’ poor health and overabundance of algae—blamed on its shallow depth. Civic leaders have called for improved connectivity from
One step closer to reality
After more than a decade of dreaming, planning and a quest for funding, work on phase one of the University Lakes Project finally gets underway this summer.



