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Shifting the Flow
Over the past century, the Mississippi River has been penned in by levees to protect cities and farmland from flooding. These efforts have impeded the natural flow of water that replenishes swamps and marshes with sediment, which has resulted in a significant loss of land along the Louisiana coast. A plan has been proposed to divert some of the water along various points of the river to maintain the wetlands that support the ecosystem.
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