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

The Mississippi River Floodwaters Zone (the “Zone”) includes all public and private lands within the following borders: The northern border of the Zone is the north border of the State of Tennessee ...

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

It's hard to imagine where New Orleans would be today without the spillway. But despite all the good it has done, many in ...

From the floodplain forests of the upper Mississippi River to the long coast of Lake Michigan, Wisconsin is rich in wetlands.

River Action will celebrate the 2025 Eddy Award winners during its Fish & Fire “friend-raiser and fundraiser” dinner on May 1 ...

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

Imagine standing at the edge of a vast, watery world where river meets sea, where the air is thick with the calls of birds ...

Too much freshwater can be dangerous for dolphins. The toll became especially clear in 2019 when the the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened the Bonnet Carré Spillway, a flood control structure in New ...

A conservation organization has named the Mississippi River as the most endangered river in the country. Every year, the ...

Alligators are among the most dangerous animals in the Mississippi River. Alligators of different sizes use the river as a habitat, and as such, it might be considered dangerous for inexperienced ...

Memphis River Parks Partnership's Andrew Kiepe: "This gives people an excuse to stop, get out, and experience the Mississippi ...