The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the Mississippi River has to rise to 1.25 million cubic feet per second for the Bonnet Carré Spillway to open.

The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources is opening applications for a program for those impacted by the 2019 opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway. The application period starts Friday, May 2 at ...

Many wetlands are disappearing, but Louisiana’s “accidental” Wax Lake Delta is growing—and informing coastal restoration ...

An update by the Army Corps of Engineers offering some good news on the river levels. In an update Tuesday afternoon, the operational trigger points for the Bonnet Carre Spillway are no longer in the ...

Republican President Donald Trump landed in Michigan on Tuesday and shared a podium with a longtime antagonist, Democratic ...

The Mississippi River is cresting earlier and slightly lower than expected, with no immediate plans to open the Bonnet Carré ...

Just last week, the Army Corps of Engineers conducted a test opening of the spillway in Norco, about 33 miles upriver from ...

The predicted flow rate of the Mississippi River is just below the threshold for a partial opening of the Bonnet Carré ...

At least one Mississippi official believes the Army Corps is being more cautious with spillway openings because of past ...

The Bonnet Carre Spillway has been opened more than a dozen times since it was constructed nearly 100 years ago, but the ...

It's hard to imagine where New Orleans would be today without the spillway. But despite all the good it has done, many in ...