VICKSBURG, Miss. (WLBT) - A locally backed plan to reduce flooding along the Pearl River has just gotten more expensive. That ...

Vocal residents of the upper Amite River basin packed an East Feliciana Parish church June 30 to vent their frustrations ...

University of Minnesota researchers say using nature instead of concrete is best for controlling Mississippi River flooding ...

Former La Crosse mayor Mitch Reynolds is onto his next project, a newly formed organization focused on removing plastic pollution from middle America’s vital waterways. The MidAmerica Clean Future All ...

NEW ORLEANS – Mississippi River ships and barges carry over 500 million tons of cargo through the Southwest Pass shipping channel at the river’s end to reach major ports that handle 18% of U.S.

The Amite River Basin Commission recently outlined 13 major projects in its first master plan. Of the costs estimated, the plan could reach more than $3.8 billion. Bayou Manchac improvements: Cost ...

Sediment loss is especially high during low or average river flow, when the water is traveling slowly enough to allow the heavy sand particles to sink to the bottom. When the river floods, the ...

Mississippi Basin. Obraz autorstwa Openverse. The Mississippi River Basin represents North America’s largest drainage system, encompassing all or parts of 31 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces.

Bacia do Mississippi. Imagem de Openverse. The Mississippi River Basin represents North America’s largest drainage system, encompassing all or parts of 31 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. This ...

Yet the water is still high enough to deliver large amounts of sediment to Louisiana from the river’s enormous drainage basin, consisting of 41% of the continental U.S. Much of the sediment is ...

A prolonged flood event is beginning to unfold along the lower Mississippi River, a consequence of the widespread heavy rainfall that drenched the river basin in early April. Experts predict the high ...

In response to rising water levels on the Mississippi River, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District closed the gates of the Steele Bayou Control Structure Tuesday at 4 p.m ...