The Bird’s Foot Delta, a famous expanse of wetlands and navigation channels off the Louisiana coast, is an important transportation hub, moving fossil fuels and agricultural products to a global ...

The Bird's Foot Delta is a critical hub for biodiversity, supporting migratory birds, fish and other wildlife. It also sustains thousands of people who depend on its resources for fishing, ...

The bird's foot delta in 2015. Photo provided by Weeks Marine Inc./Patrick M. Quigley -- Sean Duffy, executive director of the Big River Coalition.

New research shows that typically, less than 10% of land-building alluvium reaches the Bird’s Foot Delta region, the southernmost reach of the river, where it meets the Gulf.

That means the Bird's Foot Delta is headed toward further degradation, after losing ground for decades, said Mead Allison, co-lead of MissDelta and a professor in Tulane's Department of River ...

The good news is, that what did reach the surface has dissipated significantly and moved further offshore, about 50 miles south of the Bird's Foot Delta, NOAA’s Brandi Todd said.

"It wasn't able to expand throughout the bird's foot delta or other parts of the Louisiana or Mississippi coastline." According to the Coast Guard, response crews have deployed about 4 miles of ...

Along with human life, the Mississippi River Delta is home to an abundance of wildlife, including 400 species of birds, as well as countless other fish, mammals, amphibians, and smaller organisms ...

A major new initiative will investigate the future of Louisiana's Bird's Foot Delta, the disappearing wisps of land where the Mississippi River meets the Gulf of Mexico, holding wide-ranging ...