Flood control along the Mississippi River is a central piece of a newly passed federal law — work that advocates believe is ...

Flood control along the Mississippi River ... levees constrain the river to protect communities and valuable farmland from flooding — and some levee districts have raised those levees higher ...

LSU students were out Tuesday afternoon on top of the levee sliding down both ways enjoying the weather. LSU officials announced school closures into Thursday. Pam Bondi freezes DOJ funding for ...

After Katrina, environmentalists built an overlook on Bayou Bienvenue to give the community access to the wetlands, which had ...

KELLOGG, Minnesota - Standing on the frozen Mississippi River ... Not everyone may view these changes negatively. Companies that use the river for shipping goods may be able to start transporting ...

That old bothersome catchphrase, “better late than never,” certainly applies to the Yazoo Backwater Pump Project in Mississippi’s southern Delta. It required 80-plus years of wrangling with ...

It's one thing to read about years gone by between the pages of a fascinating history book. But nothing brings the past back ...

Floodwaters will be pumped over the Yazoo River Backwater Levee into the Mississippi River. High-volume pumps at the Steele Bayou Water Control Structure will manage water levels to the 90-foot ...

In order to explore the beauty of North America’s largest river ... the levee system. Many larger lakes silted in while Lake Fausse Pointe remains open water, giving visitors a view of what ...

Desiring a more local taste of Big Easy life during Super Bowl week? There’s plenty to explore both in and outside the city ...

Desiring a more local taste of Big Easy life during Super Bowl week? There’s plenty to explore both in and outside the city ...