Just last week, the Army Corps of Engineers conducted a test opening of the spillway in Norco, about 33 miles upriver from ...

As life grows on the concrete, the reef becomes like a "buffet line" for little fish, which in turn attract bigger fish.

“The amount of water that came into this Mississippi Sound through Lake Pontchartrain from the Bonnet Carré Spillway devastated the oysters and the dolphins. We found them on the beach,” he said.

The Bonnet Carré Spillway is designed to divert excess river water into Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana to prevent flooding. The Mississippi Sound Coalition is concerned about the possible ...

The Mississippi River's rise in recent weeks is prompting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to perform a test run of the Bonnet Carre Spillway on Monday, preparing for the possibility that it will ...

The purpose of the spillway opening is to divert excess water from the Mississippi River into Lake Pontchartrain, preventing levees in New Orleans and other downstream communities from being subjected ...

In 2014, a boy was attacked by a shark in Lake Pontchartrain. Then, in 2022, three people were rescued after their boat sank off of Louisiana's coast, and two of them had been bitten by sharks ...