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USA: Mississippi River Commission Schedules High-Water Inspection Trip
The Mississippi River Commission will conduct its annual high-water inspection trip on the Mississip...
USA: New Bill to Prepare Mississippi River for Panama Canal Expansion
Congressman Cedric Richmond (LA-02) reintroduced the DREDGE Act – Dredging for Restoration and...
USA: Great News for Mississippi River Dredging
Responding to the recent record low water levels along the Mississippi River that threatened navigat...
Officials Introduce DREDGE Act to Deepen Mississippi River (USA)
U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., and U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., introduced the Dredging ...
VIDEO: Dredger “Goetz” Keeps Mississippi River Open (USA)
The dredge fleet operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ St. Paul District performed cha...
USA: Army Corps Completes Mississippi River Dredging Season
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed an extended dredging season and is bringing equipment...
USA: Senators Launch Bipartisan Senate Mississippi River Caucus
U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (Mo.) and Tom Harkin (Iowa) announced the launch of the Mississippi River Ca...
USA: Blunt, McCaskill Demand Meeting on Mississippi Levee Dispute
After the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Ar...
Rain Allows Corps to Halt Mississippi River Dredging (USA)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that it has ended the Mississippi River dredging operatio...
Corps Awards Mississippi River Islands Contract (USA)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $4 million contract to McHugh Excavat...
Stretches of Upper Mississippi River Near Record-Low Levels (USA)
As a result of last year’s drought, stretches of the Upper Mississippi River have approached r...
VIDEO: Mississippi River Dredging (USA)
The first phase of the most critical rock removal work on the Mississippi River near Thebes, Ill., w...
USA: Rainfall Provides Improved Outlook for Mississippi River Navigation
Recent weather events across the Mississippi Valley will ensure continuing navigation on the Mississ...
Dredgers Keep Mississippi Navigation Channel Open (USA)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers deployed as many as 25 dredgers during the past nine months to main...
USA: Port of New Orleans Unaffected by Low Mississippi River
Low water levels in the upper reaches of the Mississippi River are not affecting operations within t...
Officials Discuss Mississippi River Navigation (USA)
As the Mississippi River’s water level threatens to reach a historic low, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (...
Army Corps Keeps Mississippi River Open (USA)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues to project river stages will sustain the authorized 9-foo...
USA: Economic Impacts Revised for Potential Mississippi River Closure
The American Waterways Operators (AWO) and Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) have released revised data ...