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Artificial Oasis Recycles Water to Restore Colorado River Delta An innovative water recycling project called Las Arenitas is ...
NEW ORLEANS - Louisiana’s coastal wetlands make up about 40% of all coastal marshes in the United States but according to ...
A decades-old oil well in Plaquemines Parish leaked crude into Louisiana wetlands, sparking major cleanup efforts by federal ...
An ambitious project to restore a rapidly vanishing stretch of Louisiana coast devastated by the 2010 Gulf oil spill has been ...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has put a halt to the project's permit, saying the state "deliberately withheld" crucial ...
Runoff from that rain is just now surging through the lowest portion of the Mississippi River and will lead to moderate to high flood levels in some areas, including Baton Rouge, La. It may take ...
“A Winona woman has been charged in connection with the death of a newborn baby found dead in the Mississippi River more than 13 years ago," the Winona County Sheriff's Office confirmed in a ...
The fate of the Mississippi River’s precious wetlands hangs in the balance. Research on Wax Lake Delta illustrates that wetlands are more important than ever. Renfro said that’s why it’s critical to ...
In the Mississippi River Delta, where sediment supply has been cut off ... the broader estuary system—benefiting species that rely on coastal forested wetlands. There have been multiple barrier island ...
the Las Arenitas wetland feels like a mirage. But it is real, and is an oasis for endemic and migratory birds that cross the Colorado River delta. Here, just south of the US-Mexico border ...
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 ...
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has activated the second phase of its flood fight plan for the Mississippi River. USACE officials said Phase II was activated Tuesday as the ...