The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers test opening the Bonnet Carré Spillway in Norco, La., as the Mississippi River nears flood ...

Living Lands & Waters is a nonprofit organization that was founded in 1998 by Chad Pregracke. While living and working on the ...

The Corps has not yet announced whether the agency will open the spillway, and says they are monitoring the forecast before ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is preparing for the Mississippi River to reach some of its highest water levels in recent ...

The group American Rivers says the Mississippi faces threats including increased flooding and inadequate disaster prevention ...

McKellar Lake acts as a collection point for debris that would otherwise flow into the Mississippi River and possibly the Atlantic Ocean. College students spending spring break by a body of water ...