Mississippi River Links

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Mississippi Valley Division New Orleans District Vicksburg District Memphis District St. Louis District Rock Island District St. Paul District Waterway's Experiment Station Headquarters

Mississippi River General Links

• Upper Mississippi Basin Stakeholder Network
• Mississippi River Basin.  EPA Office of Water
• Mississippi River Research Consortium.  "MRRC members are scientists, river managers, teachers, students, and individuals from private business and the general public who want to encourage both pure and applied research on the water and land resources of the Mississippi River and its watershed."

Mississippi River maps

Photo from New Orleans District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	Photo from New Orleans District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Upper Mississippi River Locks
Photo from Rock Island District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

• Lower Mississippi River Valley
• Historic Mississippi Hydrographic Survey Books.  1883, 1913, 1935, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1991.  :These scanned Mississippi River Hydrographic Survey Books are excellent maps of the Mississippi River. These Mississippi River maps are available for 1935 through 1992 series. The Mississippi River Commission Comprehensive Mississippi River Surveys of 1913 and 1883 were also scanned. These maps are valuable for both hydrographic and archeological studies."
• Mississippi River Historic Comprehensive Surveys.  "The 1948, 1962, 1975, 1983, and 1992 Mississippi River Comprehensive Surveys were digitized from the Corps of Engineers Hydrographic Survey and other map folios. They represent the reach of Mississippi River below Black Hawk, LA (approx. Mile 324.)"  MicroStation 3-D Design File (DGN) format and require MicroStation CADD software for viewing.
• Project Maps of the New Orleans District.  "The New Orleans District publishes a Civil Works Projects Map Book which contains project maps and facts for all New Orleans active projects."
• Mississippi River 1992 Hydrographic Survey Maps.  "The Mississippi River Hydrographic Survey Book maps the river channel and overbanks from Black Hawk, LA (Mile 324 AHP) to the Head of Passes (Mile 0), South Pass, Southwest Pass, and Pass A Loutre. Map scales are 1:20,000 for Mississippi River and 1:10,000 for passes. Maps were digitally compiled at 1:10,000 scale and use NAD 1983 horizontal datum and State Plane LA South Zone 1702 projection."
• Atchafalaya Hydrographic Survey Book. 
• Atchafalaya River Navigation Book. 
• Mississippi River 1998 Navigation Charts. 

Visual Information

• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Digital Visual Library.

Geology

• Saucier, R. T. 1994. Geomorphology and Quaternary Geologic History of the Lower Mississippi Valley. US Army Corps of Engineers. Chapter 5. Landforms and Geomorphic Processes: Fluvial Environmental Processes "Alluvial fans/aluvial aprons". pages 86-93.
• Saucier, R. T. 1994. Geomorphology and Quaternary Geologic History of the Lower Mississippi Valley. US Army Corps of Engineers. Chapter 5. Landforms and Geomorphic Processes: Fluvial Environmental Processes "Valley trains (braided stream)". pages 93-98.
• Saucier, R. T. 1994. Geomorphology and Quaternary Geologic History of the Lower Mississippi Valley. US Army Corps of Engineers. Chapter 5. Landforms and Geomorphic Processes: Fluvial Environmental Processes "Meander belts" and "Meander belt morphology". pages 98-129.
• Saucier, R. T. 1994. Geomorphology and Quaternary Geologic History of the Lower Mississippi Valley. US Army Corps of Engineers. Chapter 5. Landforms and Geomorphic Processes: Eolian Environments "Loess" and "Sand Dunes". pages 131-136.
• Saucier, R. T. 1994. Geomorphology and Quaternary Geologic History of the Lower Mississippi Valley. US Army Corps of Engineers. Chapter 5. Landforms and Geomorphic Processes: Deltaic Environments. pages 136-150.
• Saucier, R. T. 1994. Geomorphology and Quaternary Geologic History of the Lower Mississippi Valley. US Army Corps of Engineers. Chapter 5. Landforms and Geomorphic Processes: Deltaic-Marine Environments. pages 151-161.
• Saucier, R. T. 1994. Geomorphology and Quaternary Geologic History of the Lower Mississippi Valley. US Army Corps of Engineers. Chapter 5. Landforms and Geomorphic Processes: Unusual Features and Deposits. pages 162-166.

Mississippi River Development

• Mississippi River Basin Alliance.  "MRBA is a citizens' coalition that unites environmental justice organizations and traditional conservation groups around issues impacting the Mississippi River."
• Mississippi River Revival.  "The Mississippi River revival works for a clean river through education, hands on activism and celebration.” MRR has members in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois."
• Mississippi River Parkway Commission
• Mississippi River Road Commission

Upper Mississippi River

•  A Brief History of the Upper Mississippi River
• Ecological, Institutional and Economic History of the Upper Mississippi River.  Calvin Fremling and Mr. Barry Drazkowski.  Resource Studies Center.  St. Mary’s University of Minnesota.  July 17, 2000
• Mississippi Headwaters Board.  "The Mississippi Headwaters Board (MHB) is a body mandated by the Minnesota Legislature to protect and preserve the natural, cultural, scenic, scientific, and recreational values of the Mississippi River's first 400 miles."
• River Studies Center.  "The River Studies Center (RSC), created in 1972, is a non-curricular unit established to focus on research and informational programs pertinent to the Upper Mississippi River and its related resources."
• Upper Mississippi River Conservation Committee

Mississippi Delta

• Delta Compact: Building Communities in the Lower Mississippi Delta.
• Delta Network 
• Delta Regional Authority
• Delta Studies Center 
• Delta Vision, Delta Voices:  The Mississippi Delta Beyond 2000.  2000. 752 KB pdf file

Mississippi Delta History and Culture

• The Mississippi Delta: Cultural and Historical Background.  Articles from the 1997 Folklife Festival Program Book

Coastal Erosion and Restoration

• Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana.
• Coastal Louisiana page of the  USGS web page on Status and Trends of the Nation's Biological Resources.
• Coast 2050.
• Office of Coastal Restoration and Management, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources.

Museums

• National Center for the Mississippi River
• Mississippi River Museum/National Rivers Hall of Fame.  Dubuque, Iowa.
• Mud Island Riverpark.  Mississippi River Museum and Riverwalk in Memphis

River Culture

• River of Song.  A Smithsonian series on contemporary music along the Mississippi River.  PBS web site has information on the the project, a video, and a music CD.
• Mark Twain.  Ken Burns documentary.
• The River.  A 1938 documentary by Pare Lorentz.
• Delta Blues Museum
• Noted Louisiana photographer C. C. Lockwood's trip down the Mississippi River.
• The Prints of Henry P. Bosse.  Late 19th century photographs of the Upper Mississippi River.

Environment

• Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana

• Friends of the Mississippi River.  Working to protect and enhance the Mississippi River in the Twin Cities area

• Lower Mississippi River Conservation Committee

• Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center.  National Weather Service

• Mississippi Headwaters Board

• Mississippi River page of the  USGS web page on Status and Trends of the Nation's Biological Resources.

• Mississippi River Basin Alliance

• Mississippi River Basin, Office of Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

• Mississippi River Research Consortium

• Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center.  USGS

• Upper Mississippi Basin Stakeholder Network

• Upper Mississippi River Campaign.  National Audubon Society.

• Upper Mississippi River Conservation Committee

• Upper Mississippi River System Environmental Management Program

Navigation

• American Association of Port Operators
• American Waterways Operators
• Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association
• Navigation Information Connection
• Navigation Data Center
• National Ports and Waterways Institute
• Port of Greater Baton Rouge
• Port of New Orleans
• Port of South Louisiana
• Ports Association of Louisiana
• Steamship Association of Louisiana

Floods and Flood Control

• Robert W. Harrison and  Joseph F. Mooney, Jr.  Flood Control and Water Management in the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta.  1993.
• The Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Success Story.
• Flood of 1993.  Rock Island District Post-Flood Report
• Mississippi River and Tributaries Project
• Flood of 1927
  • Fatal Flood.  PBS documentary on the flood of 1927.
  • The Flood of '27.  Mississippi Valley Division.
  • Flood of 1927 PowerPoint presentation.  Mississippi Valley Division.  Large 18 MG file.

Mississippi River Courses

• Mississippi River Basin Colloquium.  Tulane University
• Mississippi River in History.  Tulane University
• The River.  Delta State University.

Last revision August 27, 2002