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How the Mississippi backwaters were almost drained — 100 years of conservation on the refuge
La Crosse Tribune· 21 hours agoIn a testament to conservation efforts, the Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge Act,...
For Shrinking Mississippi River Towns, Frequent Floods Worsen Fortunes
Insurance Journal· 7 days agoFlooding has pushed people out of their homes near the Mississippi River at a roughly 30% higher...
How the United States Laid Claim to the Mississippi River, One Mile at a Time
Smithsonian Magazine· 7 days 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 ...
Could the Mississippi River benefit from Chesapeake Bay’s strategy to improve water quality?
The Gazette· 5 hours agoDespite the program’s best efforts, the region has missed two deadlines for nitrogen and phosphorus...
Our Town Dubuque: American Lady Cruises combines natural resources and business
KCRG-TV9 Cedar Rapids· 2 days agoThe Mississippi River has provided a natural resource for all kinds of businesses, including a...
Not just a Gulf problem: Mississippi River farm runoff pollutes upstream waters
The Gazette· 5 hours agoUpstream communities are starting to see costs of the Gulf’s dead zone problem as their own drinking...
At the mouth of the Mississippi, Louisiana bears the burden of upstream runoff. Why doesn’t it push...
The Gazette· 5 hours agoThe Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Task Force was created in 1997 to address the “dead zone” -- an area...
Prehistoric-looking alligator snapping turtles to be reintroduced into Kansas waters
Fox News via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoKansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, with help from Missouri State University researchers, are...
Wisconsin is finally drought-free after a year. Here's what that means for the state.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 3 days agoDrought Monitor, released on Thursday, showed no more drought conditions across Wisconsin. A few...
Flood watch: St. Paul closing roads, Stillwater holding emergency meeting as more rain forecast
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoWith a weather forecast soaked with yet more showers and storms through Saturday, the Twin Cities is...