Arkansas and Louisiana are bracing for flooding expected to persist throughout the month. In Vicksburg, Mississippi, the river is projected to crest at 48 feet around April 21, according to forecasts.

Pearl River map turtles are beautifully patterned freshwater turtles that are endemic to the Pearl River in Mississippi and Louisiana. These turtles depend on the river’s flowing freshwater to find ...

This map shows the estimated location of the leading toe of saltwater traveling from the Gulf of Mexico upriver in the Mississippi River. The … Saltwater from the Gulf is heavier and more dense ...

This map shows the level of surface chlorophyll ... “It's past time for a national effort to stop nutrient pollution in the Mississippi River." Louisiana's Coastal Protection and Restoration ...

Just off the Mississippi River in southeast Louisiana, an 18-wheeler trailer ... Sitting in a conference room with a map of the river and the treatment plants behind him, Hinkley ran his finger ...

The Mississippi River is expected to reach flood stage in Louisiana for the first time since 2019, prompting flood-fight measures. The rising river levels, caused by heavy rains in the Ohio Valley ...

Louisiana could petition the EPA to declare sections of the Mississippi River or the Gulf of Mexico as impaired, which would allow for the creation of an enforceable limit on nutrients entering ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will add new protections for a rare turtle whose ridged shell looks like a topographic map, with the goal of keeping it from going extinct. The federal agency ...