Lower Mississippi River Conservation Committee

08/13/2024

https://www.facebook.com/100064394033351/posts/934558185367307/?

06/15/2024

Really cool project to sample the main channel of the Lower Mississippi River.

Fisheries biologists at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg, Mississippi conducted one of the first and most extensive...

01/09/2024

The age of discovery for the Lower Mississippi River.

Fisheries biologists at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg, Mississippi conducted one of the first and most extensive...

12/14/2022

We've been busy this year rehabilitating 15 miles of Lower Mississippi River secondary channels at four sites in Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee. We've rehabilitated 115 miles of secondary channels since 2006 to improve habitat for fish, birds and other wildlife, to improve recreational and commercial fishing opportunities, and to improve water quality. Thanks to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for its support of these important projects. And thanks to our conservation partners -- the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U..S. Fish and Wildlife Service, The Nature Conservancy and the Mississippi River Trust -- we are Restoring America's Greatest River.

11/21/2022

We've been busy this year rehabilitating 15 miles of Lower Mississippi River secondary channels at four sites in Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee. We've rehabilitated 115 miles of secondary channels since 2006 to improve habitat for fish, birds and other wildlife and to improve recreational and commercial fishing opportunities. See http://lmrcc.org to learn more about how we are Restoring America's Greatest River.

https://youtu.be/fvzRb9wF4qE

We've been busy this year rehabilitating 15 miles of Lower Mississippi River secondary channels at four sites in Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee. We've r...

02/08/2022

Tulane University's School of Science and Engineering will host the 2022 Lower Mississippi River Science Symposium March 10 and 11. Participants can attend in person or virtually. The event will provide a forum to connect academic, government, non-government scientists and others to share research, modeling techniques and data applications to inform land- and water-management decisions. Registration is free. In-person attendance will be limited to the first 45 registrants. Sponsors include The Nature Conservancy, the U.S. Geological Survey, the National Weather Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, America's Watershed Initiative, and the Lower Mississippi River Conservation Committee. To register:

IN PERSON & LIVE-STREAMED Thursday, March 10, 2022 from 9:00 - 4:30 PM & Friday, March 11, 2022 from 8:30 - 12:10 PM In person at 1370 Port of New Orleans Place (limited capacity of 45) or Virtual via Zoom Live Stream Contact us [email protected] Return to Event website: https://lmrss.tulane.edu/ho...

12/15/2021

Thanks to the great work of Kathy Jacobs Design and Marketing, the LMRCC has a wonderful new website to tell its story of conservation along America’s Greatest River.

08/30/2021

Storm surge and strong winds from Hurricane Ida stopped the flow of the Mississippi River near New Orleans on Sunday and actually caused it to reverse -- something the US Geological Survey says is "extremely uncommon."

08/19/2021

https://www.outdoorlife.com/fishing/invasive-carp-commercial-fishing/

Thanks to the efforts of commercial fishermen, 10 million pounds of invasive carp have been removed from Kentucky and Barkley Lakes.

07/30/2021

The LMRCC is proud to be a part of this important work on America’s greatest river.

07/16/2021

https://www.murrayledger.com/news/national-world/tva-proposing-10-barriers-to-limit-spread-of-asian-carp/article_963f3a6a-e5c6-11eb-ac18-573a04b5c9df.html

(TNS) The Tennessee Valley Authority is proposing to build 10 barriers to help limit the spread of four invasive species of Asian carp at Chickamauga, Watts Bar, Nickajack, Kentucky, Pickwick,