As the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion flounders amid politics, some scientists say that doubts about its effectiveness can ...

A group of commercial fishermen has filed a lawsuit in Harrison County Chancery Court, seeking to block the Mississippi ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A group of more than 20 fishermen, led by Mississippi Commercial Fisheries United Inc., a nonprofit trade organization, are suing the state over its attempts to lease ...

The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources has been distributing its funding via the Mississippi Bonnet Carré Spillway Fisheries Disaster Recovery Program since 2023; already, the state has sent ...

The Mississippi River reached its highest level of the spring season in Baton Rouge on Thursday, confirming forecasts of ...

The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources is opening applications for a program for those impacted by the 2019 opening ...

At least one Mississippi official believes the Army Corps is being more cautious with spillway openings because of past damage they’ve caused.

The U..S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided against opening the Bonnet Carré Spillway — welcome news for South Mississippi as Mississippi River water released through the spillway can degrade ...

If the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opens the Bonnet Carré Spillway later this week to relieve the threat of Mississippi River flooding in and around New Orleans, at least one aspect of a century ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers does not expect to open the Bonnet Carré Spillway as the Mississippi River is no longer expected to crest at a level that would require water to be diverted ...

The spillway will divert the Wairoa River through North Clyde at times of flood. In its path are eight homes, 2ha of Māori whenua and 29ha of general land, including the Wairoa showgrounds.

The Bonnet Carre Spillway has been opened more than a dozen times since it was constructed nearly 100 years ago, but the protection it offers New Orleans’ levee system comes at a cost ...