They brought with them slaves to do the backbreaking work of clearing the wild forest and subduing the Mississippi River with levees. As a result of the slaves' labor, the Delta became the richest ...

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

Since then, every generation of settlers to the region has attempted to control the river by building levees, or protective, raised embankments, alongside it. Prior to 1882, Mississippi Delta ...

Maj. Gen. Kimberly A. Peeples, commander of the Mississippi Valley Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, officially ...

The problem is also not wholly new. Since the 1930s, Louisiana has lost over 5,179 square kilometers (2,000 square miles) of land – an area roughly the size of Delaware. However, the situation is ...

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

Contributors, John and Sandra Nowlan offer an insider’s look at their Mississippi River cruise on American ... Mississippi riverboat was from atop a levee in Memphis. We descended the steep ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has signed a record of decision marking a significant milestone in the efforts to ...