The Mississippi River's Bird's Foot Delta ... of people who depend on its resources for fishing, hunting and tourism. Additionally, the delta serves as a key shipping gateway, with major ports ...

The Mississippi River Delta is under siege – a multi-pronged attack of sediment erosion, rising sea levels, and flooding is putting immense strain on the wetlands between the Mississippi River ...

Watershed land use and river engineering drive wetland formation and loss in the Mississippi River birdfoot delta This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. The Mississippi River ...

The Mississippi River Delta Transition Initiative ... and the disappearance of it will place communities at risk in fishing, natural resource and other industries at risk, as well as the stability ...

The fish have been wiped out in their namesake river and have lost 64% of their historic range in Mississippi and Louisiana because of oil and gas development, dams, mining, urbanization and ...

Credit: Tegan Wendland, Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water ... environmental agencies like the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Geological Survey. Flood projects for cities from the ...

The Arkansas River Valley ... Mississippi's portion of the Delta is less than half of Arkansas's portion, about 4.5 million acres. The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks ...

The region is also an economic hub, responsible for a huge amount of tourism, fishing, cargo shipping, and crude oil production. Along with human life, the Mississippi River Delta is home to an ...

Flood control along the Mississippi River is a central piece ... environmental agencies like the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Geological Survey. Flood projects for cities from the ...