Workers open bays of the Bonnet Carre Spillway to divert rising water from the Mississippi River to Lake Pontchartrain, upriver from New Orleans, in Norco, La., May 10, 2019. A federal judge ruled Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers must consult with federal fisheries experts on the effects of opening the spillway that helped prevented Mississippi River flooding in New Orleans, but caused damage to coastal Mississippi marine life and tourism in 2019. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers must consult with federal fisheries experts on the effects of opening a spillway that protects New Orleans from Mississippi River flooding, but threatens coastal Mississippi marine life and tourism.
