Signed into law Jan. 4, this year’s package includes studies on increased Mississippi River flooding in the upper basin, flood mitigation measures throughout the river system, ecological ...
A first-of-its-kind project seeking to restore river ecosystems along 39 miles of the Lower Mississippi River has federal ...
flood mitigation measures throughout the river system, ecological restoration, and a $6 billion floodwall in Louisiana. The Mississippi River is managed in large part by the Army Corps ...
The federal government and Corps began extensively fixing the river in place through a system of levees after the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 inundated 27,000 square miles. The levees ...