The Amite River Basin Commission recently outlined 13 major ... pump system to send high water in Spanish Lake to Mississippi River. West Shore Levee connector: $104 million, partially funded ...

Not a single parish in the Amite River Basin — Ascension ... improving drainage in Bayou Manchac, installing pump stations to move floodwaters into the Mississippi River in Ascension Parish ...

The Mississippi River Basin represents North America’s largest drainage system, encompassing all or parts ... which is being depleted at rates far exceeding natural recharge. USGS data indicates that ...

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

The Mississippi River Basin represents North America’s largest drainage system, encompassing all or parts ... which is being depleted at rates far exceeding natural recharge. USGS data indicates that ...

Mississippi ... low or average river flow, when the water is traveling slowly enough to allow the heavy sand particles to sink to the bottom. When the river floods, the faster-moving river brings sand ...

Gov. Tony Evers signed a proclamation declaring June 2 National Mississippi River Day in Wisconsin, saying the river helps ...

Sand, silt and clay is essential to rebuilding — or, at this point, maintaining — the fragile coastline that has been ...

swelling the tributaries that empty into the Mississippi River basin. “They’ve gotten a lot of rain up that way,” Philip said. “All of that is working its way through the system and will ...

SAVANNA, Ill. — Authorities are continuing the search for a missing boater after a boating accident on the Mississippi River near Carroll County on Saturday, May 31. According to Jim Klinefelter ...

Shell and Gardner said they couldn't rule out bull sharks' ability to traverse into the upper Mississippi River basin, noting that factors often cited as possible barriers, such as temperature ...