New research shows that typically, less than 10% of land-building alluvium reaches the Bird’s Foot Delta region, the ...

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

The Amite River Basin Commission is proposing to preserve this 4,265-acre region of lowland swamp in South Baton Rouge for ...

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

The deepest parts of the river reach to about 65 feet ... water moves faster and can cause harm to people. The Mississippi River basin encompasses parts of all of 31 states and two Canadian ...

The Mississippi River basin collects water from 31 states and ... from the Mississippi River's headwaters at Lake Itasca to reach the Gulf of Mexico.

The unofficial start of the Mississippi ... River to open. This year ice in Lake Pepin caused a delay, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. On average the first tow reaches St. Paul ...

According to the National Wildlife Federation, nearly 20 million people rely on the Mississippi River Basin for daily drinking water. The river also helps support a billion-dollar industry that ...

The earliest date for a tow to reach St. Paul occurred March 4. It happened in 1983, 1984 and 2000. With the head of navigation open, the Mississippi River navigation channel will continue ...

The Amite River Basin Commission recently outlined 13 major projects in its first master plan. Of the costs estimated, the plan could reach more ... in Spanish Lake to Mississippi River.