Louisiana has officially canceled the $3 billion Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion—the largest single ecosystem restoration ...

Louisiana officials have formally canceled the massive Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project, citing rising costs, permit ...

File photo: December 1, 1935 The New Huey P. Long Bridge across the Mississippi River When this $13,000,000 structure is completed December 1, 1935.

This summer’s Mississippi River “dead zone” could span 5,827 square miles across the Gulf of Mexico off of Louisiana.

Engineers are working to help reconnect the Mississippi River to Louisiana’s sediment-starved wetlands in an effort to rebuild some of the land that is disappearing at a rate of almost 11,000 ...

The Mississippi River is drying up, especially south of St. Louis.. Some areas have hit record low levels or are close to the record. Here's what the river looks like from its start in Minnesota ...

Louisiana could petition the EPA to declare sections of the Mississippi River or the Gulf of Mexico as impaired, which would allow for the creation of an enforceable limit on nutrients entering ...