There’s still more than a month to apply for assistance as part of the Bonnet Carre Spillway Fisheries Disaster Recovery program. It’s open to 2020 wild oyster and shrimp license holders. Applicants ...

Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development says I-10 West is closed at Mile Marker 213 due to an incident.

As the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion flounders amid politics, some scientists say that doubts about its effectiveness can ...

The lawsuit comes as the state's oyster industry is recovering after massive freshwater flooding, released through Louisianna's Bonnet Carré Spillway, killed almost all the oysters on Mississippi ...

The U..S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided against opening the Bonnet Carré Spillway — welcome news for South Mississippi as Mississippi River water released through the spillway can degrade ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers does not expect to open the Bonnet Carré Spillway as the Mississippi River is no longer expected to crest at a level that would require water to be diverted ...

The U..S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided against opening the Bonnet Carré Spillway — welcome news for South Mississippi as Mississippi River water released through the spillway can degrade ...

The Bonnet Carre Spillway has been opened more than a dozen times since it was constructed nearly 100 years ago, but the protection it offers New Orleans’ levee system comes at a cost ...

However, he believes that could all change if the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opens the Bonnet Carré Spillway to alleviate Mississippi River flooding. The spillway hasn’t opened since 2020.

By Tuesday, April 29, USACE expects water flow at Bonnet Carré to exceed 1.28 million cubic feet per second, triggering the opening of 30 to 60 bays on the spillway until levels dip back to 1.25 ...

NORCO, La. — Opening the Bonnet Carre Spillway is not an easy process. Crews must lift up to 7,000 wooden beams, each 8 by 12 feet, to let water flow through the concrete structure. On Monday ...