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. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers appealed a federal judge’s ruling Monday, March 20, 2023, that itmust consult with federal fisheries experts before opening the spillway that protects New Orleans from Mississippi River flooding. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)