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The Mississippi River Commission (MRC) concluded its annual high-water inspection trip aboard the mv. Mississippi on April 8 in Baton Rouge, La. It was the fourth stop along the Mississippi River, with prior stops at Caruthers-ville, Mo., Memphis, Tenn., and Greenville, Miss. The Baton Rouge stop attracted a wide range of state leaders, waterway advocates, legislators, port officials, en- vironmentalists, operators and terminal representatives. Chip Kline, board chairman of Louisiana's Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, spoke on behalf of the Mor-ganza to the Gulf project, a levee project under consideration that will protection portions of Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes from storm surge. Kline pointed out that the Morganza to the Gulf project boasts a 5:1 benefit-cost ratio. |