The rain in early April turned into runoff and flowed for days, into the upper portion of the lower Mississippi River Basin and its tributaries ... the river swelled along with it, causing ...

The Amite River Basin Commission, a Baton Rouge regional agency most tied to the long-running Comite River Diversion Canal, ...

Most of the year, less than 10% of the river’s sediment reaches the critical Bird’s Foot Delta, according to scientists.

The Mississippi’s place at the top comes as communities along ... levees for problems. On Monday, the new Bayou Chene floodgate was closed for the first time due to high water to protect several ...

Shell and Gardner said they couldn't rule out bull sharks' ability to traverse into the upper Mississippi River basin, noting that ... behavior such as swimming along the bottom during the daytime.

Constructed of 4-foot high concrete sections, the Hammond Levee Tieback was built along portions of 172nd ... the Little Calumet River Basin Development Commission provided the remaining 25 ...

The Mississippi ... river’s crest at just over 42.2 feet. Although the National Weather Prediction Service classifies the swell as “major flooding,” it’s well below the height of the levee ...

Members of the Upper Mississippi River Waterway Association will tour the Columbia-Snake River system the week of June 23. The tour is the latest in an ongoing partnership with Pacific Northwest ...

The Juneau Assembly voted Monday to extend the Mendenhall River levee meant to protect Valley homes from annual glacial outburst floods. This comes after new inundation maps were released last ...

CLINTON, Iowa — The U.S. 30 bridge that crosses over the Mississippi River from Clinton, Iowa, into southern Fulton, Illinois, will be closed due to maintenance. According to the Iowa Department ...

ON THE ROAD: Ruskey drives the Junebug II down the levee ... out on the Mississippi, there’s a long way to go. Only a few canoe companies operate on the lower Mississippi River basin, and ...

To help China address these challenges, the World Bank approved a $150 million loan in 2019 for the Forest Ecosystem Improvement in the Upper Reaches of Yangtze River Basin Program. Implemented in ...