As in each year near the start of spring, the New Orleans Engineer District has sent a notice to landowners, residents and leaseholders within Mississippi River floodways in Louisiana, reminding… Read More
Morganza Floodway
Over the last 30 days, the communities along Bayou Sorrel and the Port Allen Alternate Route of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) have seen an astounding amount of rainfall on… Read More
Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann, acting as trustee of the state’s Public Trust Lands, filed suit December 30 against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Mississippi River… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officially announced plans Monday (May 27) to operate the Morganza Control Structure and Floodway. With a new crest on the already swollen Mississippi River… Read More
The New Orleans chapter of Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA) hosted a lunch & learn March 12 at the Jones Walker Law Firm in downtown New Orleans that… Read More
The slow fall on the bloated Lower Mississippi River had reached Helena, Ark., as of March 7, where the river topped out at around 50 feet—six feet above flood stage. Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District will begin opening the Bonnet Carré Spillway at 10 a.m. on February 27, to divert a portion of the Lower Mississippi River’s flow into Lake… Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District began opening the Bonnet Carré Spillway last week to divert a portion of the flooding Lower Mississippi River into nearby Lake Pontchartrain and on to… Read More
