Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PLAQUEMINES PARISH, La. (WGNO) — The Army Corps of Engineers is getting ready to fight a saltwater intrusion making its way up the ...

The often-unnoticed work of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers greatly benefits the public, even though many people don’t ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Saltwater intrusion typically happens every year closer to the mouth of the Mississippi River. Some years, it can creep too far upstream when the river is low, which is what’s ...

The saltwater wedge is continuing to creep up the Mississippi River, but it isn’t expected to reach New Orleans or threaten its water supply. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said that, thanks to a ...

River Mile 53.1: Approximate location of the front of the saltwater “wedge” that is pushing up the Mississippi River, in southern Louisiana, according to the Army Corps of Engineers. If the wedge ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Friday that it will build an underwater sill to keep salt water from moving up the Mississippi River, the fourth-straight year in which the structure has been ...

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Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain says that due to immigration caps only a quarter of crawfish processors have been able to bring in the guest workers that they rely on.