It required 80-plus years of wrangling with agencies of the federal government, but an agreement appears to be in place to ...

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

Signed into law Jan. 4, this year’s package includes studies on increased flooding in the upper basin, flood mitigation ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Mississippi River's Bird's Foot Delta, a vital ecological and economic region, faces rapid deterioration because of rising sea levels, sediment shortages and invasive species. Louisiana State ...

The Arkansas Delta is a series of river basins ... that seem to devour all the work of human beings, the Mississippi River that licks the levees—these things insist that life goes on.

The Mississippi River Delta is under siege – a multi-pronged attack of sediment erosion, rising sea levels, and flooding is putting immense strain on the wetlands between the Mississippi River ...

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

People sled on the backside of the Mississippi River levee as snow falls in New Orleans, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) ...

Flood control along the Mississippi ... across the entire river system, instead of relying on municipalities to try to solve flooding problems themselves, which can sometimes have impacts downstream.