The Upper Mississippi River Valley: 1 (Discover! America's Great River Road)
Beyond Katrina (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
THE END OF THE GREAT RIVER Photographs of the Lower Mississippi River Delta Port of New Orleans 1350 Port of New Orleans Place New Orleans, LA 70160 504-522-2551 Mon – Fri 8-5 Dec. 1, 2009 – Dec. 18, 2009 Reception...
ABC News (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
USDA targets farm runoff in 41 watersheds feeding into Mississippi River United States - Mississippi River - Mississippi - Science and Environment - Water Resources
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it aims to stop agricultural runoff in 41 watersheds in 12 states from ending up in the Mississippi River. The departments says it has $320 million for farmers who want to slow runoff. The agency is targeting watersheds... United States Department of Agriculture - United States - Agriculture - Mississippi River - Mississippi...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
NEW ORLEANS -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it aims to stop agricultural runoff in 41 watersheds in 12 states from ending up in the Mississippi River.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it aims to stop agricultural runoff in 41 watersheds in 12 states from ending up in the Mississippi River.
Carbon-Based (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science : New research on bacterial communities throughout six large Arctic river ecosystems reveals predictable temporal patterns, suggesting that scientists could use these communities as markers for monitoring climate change in the polar regions. The study, published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Early Edition,...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it aims to stop agricultural runoff in 41 watersheds in 12 states from ending up in the Mississippi River.
WAFB - Local News (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
For the first time in memorable history, officials from the Army Corps of Engineers have prohibited all bonfire activities and construction because of high water levels in the Mississippi River.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
"Since the Commerce Department's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is playing a leading role as a member of the White House Coastal Mississippi - Louisiana Restoration Working Group, this intervention also provides the Working Group with an immediate opportunity," concluded Tripp. "It can begin the process of redirecting federal management of the sediments of the Mississippi...
NewsInferno (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Last month’s decision in a MRGO (Mississippi River Gulf Outlet) lawsuit that found the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers liable for much of the Hurricane Katrina flooding that occurred in Louisiana could ultimately mean that the federal government will have to foot some of the bill for the destruction of property that accompanied the [...]
Thanks, Katrina (Free subscription) | yesterday
Visual Story of the Lower Mississippi River Delta The Port of New Orleans will host an exhibit “The End of the Great River: Photographs of the Lower Mississippi River Delta” December 1st through 18th featuring the work of New Orleans-based photographer Matthew White. The showing of White's work will consist of fine art landscape images of the Mississippi...
Field Notes (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Millions have been spent in recent years installing electronic barriers to keep giant Asian carp from moving through a canal connecting the Mississippi River with Lake Michigan and thus entering the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
... web) refer to the cataclysmic flood that began when heavy rains pounded the central basin of the Mississippi River in summer 1926. Swollen to capacity, the Mississippi broke out of its levee system in 145 places, flooding 17 million acres, and affecting an area the size of New England. Nearly a million people were displaced.The levee failures in New Orleans during Hurricane...
JURIST (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled that several contractors responsible for dredging the Mississippi River, which some claim exacerbated damage from Hurricane Katrina, cannot be held liable since the contractors were acting under Congress' express authorization. The plaintiffs' suit claimed that dredging in the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet...
WeHo News (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago
By WeHo News Staff, West Hollywood, California (November 30, 2009)Already the densest city this side of the Mississippi River, will West Hollywood become even denser? Apparently so, because civic leaders, who gave over the entire last City Council meeting on November 16 to a joint study session on forming the city's General Plan, began the process of re-drafting the 25 yr-old city's General...
