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 ...

This high-water and longer-lasting flooding is also expected to negatively impact the Mississippi River basin’s floodplain forests by soaking the trees more than they can stand. Periods of high ...

More: Extreme rainfall and historic floods are transforming life in the vast Mississippi River basin. The challenge: How do we respond? FEMA assists communities during floods and other types of ...

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

By Madeline Heim, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and Delaney Dryfoos, The Lens The Mississippi River is the nation’s most ...

The panel, led by Mississippi River Basin Panel administrator Elizabeth ... we need to dredge it, so the water flows faster out of it and doesn’t overflow into our neighboring states.” ...

The Water Resources Development Act was signed ... Kirsten Wallace, executive director of the Upper Mississippi River Basin Association, called this year’s WRDA “a pretty special one.” ...

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 ...

This is typically when water moves faster and can cause harm to people. The Mississippi River basin encompasses parts of all of 31 states and two Canadian provinces. The river basin is over ...