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 ...
The Mississippi River Delta Transition Initiative, or MissDelta, received $22 million from the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine to examine how these critical areas of ...
57, No. 1, 2012 Watershed land use and river engineering... Watershed land use and river engineering drive wetland formation and loss in the Mississippi River birdfoot delta This is the metadata ...
They brought with them slaves to do the backbreaking work of clearing the wild forest and subduing the Mississippi River with levees. As a result of the slaves' labor, the Delta became the richest ...