Time to Move the Mississippi, Experts Say
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Scientists and state officials are considering a broad diversion of the Mississippi River into LouisianaÂs sediment-starved marshes.
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By CityBusiness, New Orleans  Sen. David Vitter, R-Metairie, today reaffirmed his position on Mississippi River Gulf Outlet with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. After the conference call, Vitter made the following statement: "I really think we've gotten the Corps back on track.
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By Scott Harper, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Sep. 17--MACHIPONGO -- "If I were king of Virginia, you'd all move back," said Orrin H. Pilkey, the Duke University geologist, author and lightning rod for controversy when the subject of coastal development comes up.
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Hurricane Ivan moved to within 300 miles (480 kilometers) of the mouth of the Mississippi River as residents of Florida, Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana were ordered to evacuate coastal regions.
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The fate of 50,000 plus Mississippians is back in the hands of the legislature. Today, it was announced before Judge Henry Wingate in federal court that the plaintiffs and defendants had reached
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By Scott Sexton, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.  Feb. 13--Change comes slowly to the mountains, whether it's the thousands of years it took rivers to carve the breathtaking valleys and gorges or the decades it's taking to change the way people think about their stewardship of the land.
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Experts say Mississippians need to skip the gravy, say no to the fried pickles and start taking brisk walks to fight an epidemic of obesity.
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Maps used to calculate flood danger in the U.S. rely on data that are decades out of date, according to a report that calls for a new national program to remap land levels.
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By Karen Nelson, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Dec. 11--OCEAN SPRINGS -- The surge-damaged home of Robert Wiygul and Julia Weaver will be dismantled in January and many of its parts distributed to Coast people who need building materials.   It could start a trend.
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VICKSBURG, Miss. - The Mississippi River reopened to traffic a day after a burning barge shut it down, the U.S. Coast Guard said Saturday.  Traffic began moving through the area on Friday night, said Coast Guard public affairs officer Lt. Leon McClain.
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Tropical Depression 10 will likely strengthen into a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico within 12 hours before moving inland over Mississippi and Louisiana in about 36 hours, where it should dissipate, the National Hurricane Center said in a report Friday.
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By Beth Jones, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Sep. 24--Steven Solomon doesn't want to move a mountain.   Just a submerged houseboat.   But the chore may prove to be more difficult than he'd previously thought.
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Tropical Depression 10 will likely  strengthen into a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico within  12 hours before moving inland over Mississippi and Louisiana in  about 36 hours, where it should dissipate, the National  Hurricane Center said in a report Friday.
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JACKSON, Miss. - It might not have the hard bite of some other legislation, but a bill to designate the American alligator as Mississippi's state reptile is on its way to the governor.  The bill cleared the House 106-10 on Monday. It passed the Senate by a wide margin on Feb. 2.
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The true beginnings of the Mississippi River in northern Minnesota -- a spot that was a source of much debate in the 19th century -- mark the first stop in a 2,500-mile odyssey along the length of the mighty waterway. By Michelle Delio.
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Heavy sediment deposited in the Mississippi River delta in the last ice age has caused New Orleans to sink and will continue to drag down coastal Louisiana bit by bit for hundreds of years, according to a new study by NASA and Louisiana State University scientists.
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A 30-mile (48-km) stretch of the lower Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Mississippi, should reopen to traffic later on Friday after a barge carrying crude oil collided with a bridge and caught fire, said the U.S. Coast Guard.