Leaders from towns and cities all along the Mississippi River want the next administration to prioritize protecting the flow ...
River cruises often elicit a lackluster response—conjuring images of slow-moving vessels brimming with family reunion ...
River barges are an efficient way to move crops — 15 barges can hold about as much grain as 1,000 semi-trucks. But low river ...
Salt water in southeast Louisiana has become a regular occurrence in recent years, as the mighty flow of the Mississippi ...
Mayors meeting in Baton Rouge say drought policy and funding to address drinking water issues needed for Mississippi River ...
September is Drive the Great River Month, and the MN Mississippi River Parkway Commission and Minnesota Department of Natural ...
Construction has begun on a saltwater sill near Myrtle Grove to help mitigate the effects of saltwater intrusion up the ...
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is proposing a wastewater permit limiting the amount of hazardous chemicals ...
Pipes carrying sediment crisscross the Mississippi River where the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is building an underwater sill with that mud that should slow the flow of saltwater up the ...
(John Doman / Pioneer Press) Wondering how long the Mississippi River is? Or how much water flows through the river? How about where it is the widest? Take a look at these facts and make yourself ...
Normally, freshwater flows south, impeding the upstream movement of saltwater, which moves in a wedge shape because of its density. But low water levels in the Mississippi River this year have ...