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Draft Pearl River flood control study to be published July 3
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District announced that the Revised Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the ...
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Mississippi River shippers get weeklong tour of Columbia River shipping system
A group of Mississippi River shipping industry figures were treated to a tour of the Columbia-Snake river grain export system ...
Boing Boing on MSN15h
Harold Fisk's stunning 1944 maps show how the Mississippi River changed course over thousands of years
A geologist's vibrant maps reveal how the Mississippi River has wandered across its valley, making it look like a colorful, ...
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MDEQ lifts expanded water contact advisory for part of Pearl River
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) lifted the expanded water contact advisory for a portion of the ...
Texas water board rules Marvin Nichols Reservoir is a conflict as groups head to mediation
The Texas Water Development Board determined a conflict exists with the Marvin Nichols Reservoir being included in a regional ...
The blues live in this Mississippi Delta town
The blues put this town on the tourism map, but Clarksdale has leaned into its musical heritage in recent decades. Here’s how ...
Reverse Course: Can massive pumps tame Mississippi River flooding?
In 2019, an unrelenting flood swamped more than half a million acres in the Mississippi Delta's Yazoo Backwater. It took more than six months to recede. Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd reports on a pumping ...
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States take cue from feds, roll back wetland protections
A new Louisiana law that rolls back protections from development in isolated wetlands is inspired by a 2023 U.S. Supreme ...