State and federal authorities in Louisiana celebrated breaking ground on an ambitious $330 million conservation project ...
The Upper Mississippi River levels are rising. As residents along parts of the river are forced to evacuate, others are working to sandbag and keep the flood waters away. USDA meteorologist Brad ...
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Heavy snow melt forced the closure of several locks on the upper Mississippi River...but high water levels and flooding are starting to ease which is allowing locks to reopen and barge traffic to ...
Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative announced a new insurance pilot, with hopes of better helping river towns ...
Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover and Vice Chairman of the Red Cross James Fieser. Ten thousand River Commissions, with the mines of the world at their back, can not tame that lawless stream ...
The flash flooding killed at least five people, including two elderly poll workers whose vehicle was swept from a state highway. Mayors along the Mississippi River have watched for years as ...
Records show wild rice was common around the turn of the 20th century, but poor water quality caused die-offs in the 1980s.
Reconnecting the dying swamp to fresh river water is vital for the health of the swamp’s cypress-tupelo forest, which ...
Boardman gathered about 65,000 acorns this year, which will be planted in the river floodplain in an attempt to grow new, ...
In 1903, the Mississippi River flood submerged Alton streets, but business thrived as people used boats to reach stores.