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Atchafalaya: The struggle to maintain the Mississippi River (1987)

Other · 2026-10-26 18:21

A 1987 New Yorker feature on how, after the Mississippi was artificially diverted from its old channel, the Atchafalaya waterway threatened to capture the main river—and the long engineering effort to keep the Mississippi on its course.

Source: www.newyorker.com


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