Bonnet Carre Spillway

Punching two more channels upriver from the Bonnet Carré Spillway could bolster habitat nearby while lessening the environmental harm caused farther south, according to a recent Tulane University study.

The state of Louisiana has joined two lawsuits as a defendant over the operation of the Bonnet Carre Spillway.

The Army Corps of Engineers is closing the Bonnet Carre Spillway, 10 days after opening it to relieve pressure on the flooding Mississippi River.

The Army Corps of Engineers will open the Bonnet Carre Spillway at 10 a.m. Friday morning to ease pressure on Mississippi River levees in the New...

The commercial fishing industry on the Gulf Coast has seen two major disasters in the last 15 years: Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill. Now, some...

The Army Corps of Engineers expects to open the Bonnet Carre Spillway Friday afternoon. Located upriver from New Orleans, the Bonnet Carre Spillway acts...

Heavy rains in the Midwest have caused the Mississippi River to swell. To relieve pressure on local levees, the Army Corps of Engineers will begin...

The Mississippi River is still rising and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are in what they call a Flood Fight.During Flood Fight the most important thing…

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened the Bonnet Carre Spillway on Sunday. Heavy rain in the Mississippi Valley and rising river water stages prompted…