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The Latest Breaking News from The Mississippi Delta

Since 2014, US farmers have been deliberately flooding their fields to create habitat for migratory birds; a decade later, 180,000 acres of farmland have become temporary wetlands serving as vital habitat for millions of birds

BirdReturns pays farmers to flood fields, creating vital temporary wetlands for migrating birds. This initiative helps birds and also replenishes groundwater supplies in California. The program uses technology to identify optimal times and locations for habitat creation. Similar managed flooding projects are being studied in the Mississippi Delta region. These…

The Economic Times

The unlikely tourism success story emerging in the Mississippi delta

Among the juke joints of Clarksdale, Annabel Grossman discovers how the raw, authentic blues of the delta draws increasing numbers of foreign visitors – and how this is changing the landscape of the city

The Independent UK

‘The beginning of Black liberation’: photographs tell the real story of the Mississippi Delta

The work of Justin Hardiman documents the lives of Black southern farmers, long sidelined in mainstream narratives

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Federal officials unveil flood plan for Mississippi Delta

Federal officials have presented a proposal to further control flooding in the Mississippi Delta

The Independent UK

High tornado death toll in Mississippi like losing family

Friends and neighbors say retirees Lonnie and Melissa Pierce lived a quiet life in the Mississippi Delta before a powerful tornado dropped a semi-truck onto their home like a bomb

The Independent UK

Crews continue to sift through Deep South tornado wreckage

Crews on Sunday continued the harrowing task of digging through the debris of flattened and battered homes after hundreds of people were displaced by a destructive tornado that tore through the Mississippi Delta, one of the poorest regions of the U.S. At least 25 people were killed and dozens of…

The Independent UK

Landmarks fall, memories fade. Civil rights tourism may protect Mississippi history

There's a new push to develop civil rights tourism in the Mississippi Delta where local groups are using federal dollars to preserve the stories before memories fade and landmarks are lost.

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Mississippi is home of the blues and key to civil rights past. Locals tell the story

With pandemic restrictions lifted, tourists are returning to Mississippi's famous Blues Trail. Civil rights leaders are noticing some are now hungry for more context about the music's origins.

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