 Structure from west to east |
 Cranes wait in readiness |
 Mississippi overflows its bounds - 2005 |
 Close-up of the bays |
 Spillway Bays |
 Water and sun seep through bays.jpg |
 White pelican in Bonnet Carre Spillway -2005 |
 Out of Bounds - 2005 |
 Rushing Waters - 2005 |
 Riding High |
 Mississippi at flood stage -2005 |
 National Champion_Drake_from Missouri |
 This River Runs Through My Soul |
 Pelicans enjoying migration |
 Skilled pilot |
 Bringing in the Bird |
 Quest for the Red Winged Blackbird |
 River Batture at Bonnet Carre' Spillway |
 Blackberries and red and green and..... |
 Blackeyed Susans |
 River Watching |
 River Side of the Spillway Locks |
 A Spillway Pond |
 Sunset Over the Bonnet Carre Spillway |
 The Sand Man Cometh |
 Egrets-in-Spillway |
 The River Road Through the Spillway Served as an Evacuation Route for Hurricane Katrina |
 Wildflowers of Spring |
 Charles Joseph Perilloux, Sr. |
 The Rising River Eases Toward the Spillway Locks |
 Spirit of Louisiana |
 Bonnet Carre' Spillway |
 Glorious Day |
 Live Oak |
 River on the Rise - February 23, 2008. |
 The Raging Mississippi River - March 18, 2008 |
 High Water - March 18, 2008 |
 March 23, 2008 |
 March 27, 2008 |
 March 27, 2008 -Spillway "Needles" and Gauge |
 Fishing for Bait - River Rise 2008 |
 Supper From the Mississippi River - River Rise 2008 |
 March 28, 2008 |
 River Road Is Closed Through the Spillway |
 March 31, 2008 - River Rose a Foot Since March 28 |
 River Nears Flood Stage - March 31, 2008 |
 Testing, Testing, One.......Two.....April 1, 2008 |
 Water, Water, Everywhere - Thursday's Challenge |
 Riding High |
 Corps Returning from Examining the Structure |
 April 6, 2008 - 4:00 p.m. |
 The River Runs Wide, Swift and Deep-April 6, 2008 |
 April 9, 2008 |
 "Seeping" Through the Locks - April 9, 2008 |
 Historic Place |
 Bonnet Carre' Spillway "Needle" |
 April 11, 2008- Ninth Opening of the Spillway - Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World |
 River Gauge Shortly Before the Noon Opening - April 11, 2008 |
 Hundreds Gather to Watch Historic Event |
 Louisiana Governor Jindal, Senate President Chaisson and U. S. Army Col. Starkel |
 The Lifting of the First Needle Officially Opens the Spillway - 2008 |
 Crane Lifts a Needle from the Bay to Allow River to Flow Through |
 Workers on Airboats Keep Watchful Eye - April 11, 2008 - Opening Day |
 Spillway Locks Opened - April 11, 2008 - Noon |
 Governor Bobby Jindal and Christopher Eckhardt -2008 |
 Water Seeks Its Own Level as it Rushes Through Spillway Locks Towards Lake Pontchartrain |
 People Fascinated With Bonnet Carre' Spillway - April 12, 2008 |
 Bonnet Carre' Opening Attracts Every Walk of Life |
 Spillway Viewed West to East from Montz, Louisiana - April 13, 2008 |
 Bonnet Carre' Spillway Train Trestle |
 River Water in Spillway Surrounds Train Trestle |
 Camp Memory Closed by Spillway Opening - 2008 |
 A Buffet for the Birds |
 Egrets Fishing |
 Dirt Bike Recreational Area - April 2008 |
 It's Not Called "The Muddy Mississippi" for Nothing- April 17, 2008 |
 Original Owner of Plantations Taken to Build Bonnet Carre' Spillway |
 Marie Celeste Delhomme Trepagnier |
 Spillway Gauge - April 19, 2008 |
 April 19, 2008 and the Fishing is Good for the Birds |
 He Keeps it Working |
 Spillway Gauge - April 23, 2008 |
 National Weather Service Hydrologists Get a Briefing |
 Hermitage Plantation - Kugler House Destroyed to Build the Spillway |
 Family of George Kugler Where Spillway Now Stands |
 Opened 16 days and no end in sight |
 Corps' Commander Tours Bonnet Carre' Spillway-April 28, 2008 |
 Displaced When She Was a Little Girl by the Bonnet Carre' Spillway |
 Heron and Egret Watch River Pour through Spillway Locks |
 Spillway Gauge - April 30, 2008 |
 Mississippi River Rages On - April 30, 2008 |
 Crew Returns from Closing Five Bays as Gauge Shows a Foot Drop in River |
 Bays Closed on Western End Allow Fishermen Calmer Water - May 4, 2008 |
 Get out the Crawfish Nets - May 6, 2008 - Western End |
 River Still Pouring Through Spillway Locks' Eastern End - May 6, 2008 |
 River Gauge on Spillway Structure - May 8, 2008 - 1:45 p.m. |
 May 8-2:00 p.m.- As the Last Needle Drops the Spillway is Officially Closed |
 River Level Slowly Receding and Spillway Gets a Rest-May 11, 2008 |
 Spillway Gauge May 15, 2008 |
 Spillway Waters Low Enough for Fishing |
 Dance of the Egrets |
 Water Still Flowing Through Spillway Locks - May 27, 2008 |
 Crawfishing and Crabbing in the Spillway |
 River Drops Eight Feet - Spillway Drying Up - June 9, 2008 |
 Bonnet Carre' Spillway is All Dry - June 11, 2008 |
 June 16, 2008 - River side |
 Trepagnier Plantation Taken to Build Spillway |