Article: Mississippi River lock reopened to barge traffic after week of emergency repairs

Article: Regional Agreement for Mississippi River: The ...
U.S. Newswire;  May 13, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers ... management of the Mississippi River. The two groups ... includes the Mississippi River, its floodplains ... the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers ... within the Mississippi River basin. The ...

Article: Mississippi River Among Nation's Most Endangered; ...
U.S. Newswire;  April 11, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... it has ranked the Mississippi River No. 6 on its annual ... called on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to ... the health of the Mississippi River and reducing pollution ... pollution." The Mississippi River is America's hardest ...

Article: Army Corps of Engineers: Mississippi ...
New Orleans CityBusiness;  July 23, 2009 ;     336 words ...The Army Corps of Engineers today said the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, blamed for flooding in Hurricane Katrina, is officially closed. It took six months and $11.2 million to close ...

Article: Controversial Mississippi River study to resume; ...
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  August 5, 2001 ;     636 words ...DAVENPORT (AP) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it will resume a navigation study that ... manipulating figures. The refocused study of the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway System will be modified to emphasize ...

Article: President Clinton Names R.B. Flowers as Member and U.S. ...
U.S. Newswire;  July 9, 1996 ;     436 words ... ... member and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Representative to the Mississippi River Commission. Brig ... have four sons. The Mississippi River Commission is a seven ... construct and operate the Mississippi River and Tributaries project ...

Article: Army Corps Whistle-Blower Says New ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  November 14, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... WASHINGTON -- Donald Sweeney, the Army Corps of Engineers economist who was honored ... future construction needs along the Mississippi River. But Sweeney said he intends to speak ... newly restructured corps study about Mississippi River construction, disputed Sweeney ...

Article: Experts Question Army Corps' Crop-Shipment ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  December 17, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... many bushels of Midwestern corn will be shipped down the Mississippi River in the next 50 years? Nobody knows for sure, but a scientific ... 3 percent a year. And a private consultant hired by the Army Corps of Engineers said that significant barge traffic increases ...