Dry weather is causing low-water problems on both the Mississippi and Ohio river systems. Donnie Williams, co-chairman of the Lower Mississippi River Commission (LOMRC), urged caution as the… Read More
Environment
The National Weather Service has been issuing heat advisory warnings day after day, in city after city. Average high temperatures across the country are reaching the 80s and 90s. Read More
A study carried out by two agricultural economists with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture has quantified the effects of 2022’s low water on the Mississippi… Read More
With the possibility of a stronger than usual hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean beginning June 1, the Coast Guard and navigation industry discussed storm preparations. The National… Read More
Following criticism from the Louisiana governor’s office, the New Orleans Engineer District has suspended its permit for the proposed $3 billion Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion (MBSD), a project that was the… Read More
In December, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a notice of a proposed settlement with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (DNR) concerning property at the heart of the Brandon… Read More
Freezing temperatures, ice and snow are impacting navigation on the nation’s rivers, including a wide swath of the Southeast, which received record snowfall. Read More
Eighty stakeholders of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association (AIWA) gathered at the Hyatt Place Historic District in Charleston, S.C., November 18–20 for the organization’s annual meeting. Brad Pickel, executive director… Read More
The river industry prides itself on coming together to help each other when hurricanes, floods and other disasters take place. Now some in the industry have come together to… Read More
Recent rainfall, with more in the forecast, may be just what the river system needs to break out of this year’s drought. “We were told yesterday the worst… Read More
