Environment
BPF promotes environmental regulatory reform and actively engages the bureaucracy regulating flooding on the Mississippi River. BPF believes mitigating the flooding by using Old River Control Complex would give Mississippians back their privately owned land.
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A Deep Dive Into the Lower Mississippi River
Much of the Mississippi between Natchez and Venice, LA is below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico. A large portion of the river from Donaldsonville to Venice is below the BOTTOM of the entrance leading to the Gulf of Mexico.
The Mississippi River Is Backing Up
You might guess flood stages would move from north to south in the Mid-to-Lower Mississippi River as the waters travel north to south to reach the Gulf of Mexico. You’d be wrong.
MS River in Danger of Being Captured by the Atchafalaya River
Dr. Y. Jun Xu, world-renowned hydrologist of Louisiana State University, explains how South Louisiana is on the verge of one of the worlds most detrimental natural disasters in history.
The River Stands Still
Potential energy, the energy of dropping from a height, is the main driver of MSR waters to the Gulf.
2019 SMASHING MISSISSIPPI RIVER RECORDS
On April 9, 2019, the Mississippi River at Natchez will have spent 95 days this year above the 48 feet flood stage
“The Levee’s Gonna Break”
Water now flows much faster to the Lower MS River due to changes in land use coupled with Corps of Engineers changes to the rivers. During the rainy season, water cannot get from the Lower MS River to the Gulf of Mexico as fast as it arrives from upstream. The bathtub that is the MS River from Natchez to the Gulf has been backing up since the late 1990s.