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Cooperation & Cutterheads: Land Building At Mississippi River Birdfoot Delta Reaches Milestone A ship passes the Weeks Marine cutterhead dredge J.S. Chatry as it works in Southwest Pass near the mouth of the Mississippi River. (Photo courtesy of Big River Coalition/P.J. Hahn)

A ship passes the Weeks Marine cutterhead dredge J.S. Chatry as it works in Southwest Pass near the mouth of the Mississippi River. (Photo courtesy of Big River Coalition/P.J. Hahn)

Cooperation & Cutterheads: Land Building At Mississippi River Birdfoot Delta Reaches Milestone

August 11, 2020

The 1984 World’s Fair in New Orleans carried the theme “fresh water as a source of life.” It’s a maxim borne out over the years in south Louisiana by… Read More

Dredging And Wetlands Creation–An Environmental Success Story Birdfoot Delta

Dredging And Wetlands Creation–An Environmental Success Story

October 22, 2018

By Judith Powers and Sean Duffy There are 6,800 acres of new marshland bordering the Passes of the Mississippi River—land that was created starting in 2011 by a coalition… Read More