To save our Sound we must find win-win alternatives to managing the Mississippi River.

There are win-win ways to balance flood control in Louisiana while protecting our Sound. Congress could change the law to require win-win solutions for all concerned parties.

Meanwhile, the Courts should compel the Corps of Engineers to obey existing laws. 

The Coalition is participating in the Corps of Engineers recently announced Lower Mississippi River Comprehensive Management Study (“LMRComp”). We are presenting to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers our win-win ideas, science, engineering and economic impact studies to support changes in the law to mitigate Bonnet Carré Spillway’s harm to the Mississippi Sound and to prevent harm from other diversions of Mississippi River water.

State and federal research dollars should focus on science and engineering to find alternatives that avoid or at least minimize opening the Bonnet Carré Spillway. 

The Corps of Engineers could open upriver spillways and natural flood plains to minimize and sometimes avoid opening the Bonnet Carré Spillway.