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USACE, YMD team up to restore Big Sunflower River ecosystem
The Big Sunflower Ecosystem Restoration project will focus on the Sunflower River, near Blaine, Mississippi. Officials said the region has suffered from reduced base flows, dropping below 50 cubic ...
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As saltwater flows up the Mississippi River for a third year, the region looks for permanent solutions
Rainfall can relieve low ... River and made its way to the Mississippi, it only boosted the river’s flow for a few weeks before slipping back down to critical levels. “When you get these big ...
WWNO2d
Mississippi River loses most of its sediment—and land building ability—before reaching the Gulf
New research shows that typically, less than 10% of land-building alluvium reaches the Bird’s Foot Delta region, the ...
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Midwest grain harvests loom. Will a low Mississippi River stall farmers' deliveries again?
ON THE MISSISSIPPI ... on river transport – are fast approaching. And while this year’s levels may or may not drop as low as last year, fall is typically the river’s low-flow season.
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Low water on the Mississippi River impacting barge traffic
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is ... paid for by those who can afford it. Parts of the Mississippi River are so low from weeks of drought that barge ...
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As saltwater flows up the Mississippi River again, the region looks for permanent solutions
When the wedge first appeared in 2022 and 2023, most experts pointed to an ongoing drought in the Midwest as the culprit, observing how low rainfall in the Mississippi River Basin and its tributaries ...