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How the United States Laid Claim to the Mississippi River, One Mile at a Time
Smithsonian Magazine· 11 hours agoOn October 27, 1815, Prospect Robbins arrived by boat at the point in the alluvial swamps where the Arkansas and Mississippi rivers meet. Both surveyors were veterans—Brown ...
Izaak Walton League, USFWS celebrate 100 years of Upper Mississippi Fish and Wildlife Refuge
Quad-City Times· 6 days agoIn the 1920s, Will Dilg learned of a plan to drain the backwaters of the Mississippi River near...
For Shrinking Mississippi River Towns, Frequent Floods Worsen Fortunes
Insurance Journal· 6 hours agoFlooding has pushed people out of their homes near the Mississippi River at a roughly 30% higher...
From Western Expansion To Climate Change: An Abbreviated History Of Water
Forbes· 16 hours agoIn an 1878 report to Congress and subsequent writings, explorer and scientist John Wesley Powell...
‘Dead zone’ in the Gulf of Mexico predicted to be bigger than average this summer
The Gazette· 6 hours agoIt’s caused by nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus, largely from farm fertilizer and municipal...
Massive "dead zone" to form in Gulf of Mexico, scientists warn
CBS News· 7 hours agoNearly 6,000 square miles - an area roughly the size of Connecticut - will become a "dead zone" for...
More than a month after body found in Mississippi River near Ste. Genevieve, police still searching...
KSDK St. Louis· 11 hours agoGenevieve County Sheriff's Office received a call from workers on the Mississippi River who...
Eddy Krogman embarks on epic paddleboard journey across the entire Mississippi River
WKBT La Crosse· 2 days agoEver since he was 12 years old, Eddy Krogman has been captivated by the water. "It has always been a...
La. Congressman Graves bows out of newly drawn district
KALB Alexandria· 1 hour agoThis comes in the same year a Congressional map was passed by the La. Legislature, which resulted in...
Takeaways from AP examination of flooding's effect along Mississippi River - The Morning Sun
The Morning Sun· 4 days agoFlooding has pushed people out of their homes near the Mississippi River at a roughly 30% higher rate than the U.S. as a whole, according to data provided exclusively to The Associated Press by the …