over how best to control the river. At the same time, Congress authorized the Army Corps of Engineers to participate in levee building on the Mississippi if matters of navigation were involved.

The so-called mega-study launched in 2023 was intended to last five years and address a wide range of issues key to shipping, ...

For more than 80 years, residents of Mississippi’s Yazoo Backwater have been banking on a pumping project to protect their ...

Here's How The book hits its narrative stride, however, once Upholt introduces the Army Corps of ... numerous levees and control structures along the Mississippi River. Mario Tama / Getty Images ...

The Mississippi River is at ... That's sent the US Army Corps of Engineers into a frenzy of damage control. At the mouth of the river, the agency is building an underwater levee to stop the ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - As the Mississippi River continues to rise, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will ... Although designed for flood control, opening the spillway has historically drawn ...

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.