Backwater flooding happens when the Mississippi River is higher (about 43’ at Vicksburg) than the Yazoo River and blocks its discharge.  It takes less rain to raise and keep the Mississippi above 43’ ...

My son Tom mans his first deer stand in Louisiana Delta; Tom and I examine my deer. This story, “A Deer of Thanksgiving,” originally ran in the November 1964 issue of Outdoor Life.

The infrastructure along the Mississippi River has long protected the New Orleans area from catastrophic flooding. But a list of concerns are converging, particularly involving the Mississippi Gulf ...

Louisiana’s reliance on the Mississippi means the mighty river can take away as much as it gives – and both the state and the ...

Not Albert, his son Hans. As far as we know, Albert was right about his General Theory of Relativity and other natural laws.

As a storm was bearing down on the southern Plains, heavy snowfall was expected in the northern Plains and Great Lakes ...

Hunter-gatherers at Poverty Point may have built its massive earthworks not under the command of chiefs, but as part of a ...

Wakpádaŋ (Falls Creek) or Bassett Creek is the first creek that connects with the Mississippi River above St. Anthony Falls.

Until recently, three major events in this century defined the West Memphis area economy: a vote by the Arkansas Legislature ...

Officials say the San Saba River won't rise as quickly as it did during the July floods after nearly a foot of rain fell near ...

Others along the river worry the issue goes far beyond fishing. Newspaper columnist Kelley Williams, who owns 9,000 acres of flood-prone land, fears sediment piling up near Fort Adams could eventually ...

Many acres of wetlands across the vast Mississippi River basin would lose federal protection under a the new rule.