To John Ruskey, the Mississippi River is “a creative force” that sculpts the landscape and rejuvenates the people who ...

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

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 ...

New research shows that typically, less than 10% of land-building alluvium reaches the Bird’s Foot Delta region, the southernmost reach of the river, where it meets the Gulf.

A bridge that spans the Mississippi River connecting Lansing, Iowa, to Wisconsin has reopened for now after a closure sent ...

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.

The Amite River Basin Commission ... The 2,200-square-mile basin, which reaches into Mississippi, encompasses Louisiana's largest parish by population, East Baton Rouge, and two of the state's ...

the Mississippi River at Rock Island is expected to reach its 15-foot flood stage by 1 p.m. Wednesday. It is then forecast to reach 16 feet by 7 a.m. Friday, and 17.3 feet by 7 a.m. Sunday.

Following unseasonably warm and dry conditions, a fast spring runoff has left the Flathead River Basin at extremely low ...

When someone asks you what the longest river in the United States is, you might immediately think of the Mississippi River.