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It’s the second year in a row that extreme drought has caused a shrinking channel, forcing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to dredge later in the season than normal.
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Louisiana State University and Tulane University are receiving a $22 million award to lead a consortium seeking ways to save the ecologically fragile Lower Mississippi River Delta.
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The Vicksburg Post’s Anna Guizerix discusses the history of flooding in the Yazoo Backwater area, and why finding a solution is considered controversial.
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Due to dry weather causing a lack of freshwater outflow, saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico is encroaching into the Mississippi River — and it’s concerning state and local officials.
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After nearly 40 years, a final decision on the state’s $2.2 billion bid to reconnect the Mississippi River to the sediment-starved marshes on Plaquemines Parish’s east bank is closer than ever.
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This week on the roundup: a new study out of Tulane finds the Mississippi River can’t keep up with coastal land loss, an oil spill shuts down the river,…
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According to new research, the Mississippi River delta will be much smaller in the future — even as the state plans to spend billions trying to rebuild…
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An invasive insect plaguing the coast has killed thousands of acres of tall marsh grass that bind our fragile wetlands together. Coastal researchers worry…