The predicted flow rate of the Mississippi River is just below the threshold for a partial opening of the Bonnet Carré ...

Just last week, the Army Corps of Engineers conducted a test opening of the spillway in Norco, about 33 miles upriver from ...

Mississippi’s productive oyster beds were decimated, as was the brown shrimp population. Dolphins and sea turtles died in record numbers. Algae blooms from the fertilizer-laden river water closed the ...

The Bureau of Reclamation has awarded AMES Federal Contracting Group a $115.9 million contract to replace Hyrum Dam’s 90-year ...

Many wetlands are disappearing, but Louisiana’s “accidental” Wax Lake Delta is growing—and informing coastal restoration ...

The Bonnet Carre Spillway has been opened more than a dozen times since it was constructed nearly 100 years ago, but the ...

The spillway diverts river water into Lake Pontchartrain to prevent the Mississippi from flooding the metro area. The trigger ...

The release of water from the Herrington Lake Spillway in Mercer County was a planned release due to the level of the lake The Executive Branch closed all state office buildings on Monday ...

UPDATE: The spillway gate has been closed and Unit 1 has been returned to service. BEAVER LAKE, Ark. (USACE) — Due to a maintenance issue with one of the hydropower turbines, Beaver Dam began ...

Kari Lake, a Republican election denier who was previously appointed as senior adviser to Voice of America’s parent agency, is now heading to the State Department instead. The shift follows the ...

For now, however, they do not anticipate opening the Bonnet Carré Spillway, which is used to divert fresh river water into Lake Pontchartrain to reduce pressure on New Orleans’ levees.