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Progress announced in talks to resume stalled $3 billion coastal restoration project
Associated Press· 1 hour agoThe project is planned to divert some of the Mississippi River’s sediment-laden water into a new...
Zak Rivers embarks on 100-day journey to canoe the Mississippi River with his cello by his side
The Bemidji Pioneer, Minn. via Yahoo News· 7 days agoJun. 6—BEMIDJI — Minnesota filmmaker, photographer and cellist Zak Rivers has had the Mississippi River on his mind for years. In 2022, the Mankato native ...
For shrinking Mississippi River towns, frequent floods worsen fortunes
Associated Press· 2 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 ...
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...
Plenty of sunshine with seasonable temps on Flag Day
WKBT La Crosse· 4 hours agoWHAT WE ARE TRACKING: Once the light rain or showers end this afternoon, dry and seasonable conditions are expected on Friday before showers return on...
Idaho Falls gears up for Melaleuca Freedom Celebration fireworks show
Idaho State Journal· 1 day agoPaid for by Ball Ventures, Snake River Landing has the only amphitheater in the U.S. designed for...
How the United States Laid Claim to the Mississippi River, One Mile at a Time
Smithsonian Magazine· 3 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 a captain, Robbins ...
'Dr. Who meets Indiana Jones' on Mud Island? Immersive experience would deliver that and more
Gannett via AOL· 4 days agoThe old-time paddlewheel and riverboat decks of the defunct Mississippi River Museum at Mud Island...
New Orleans riverfront project The Batture clears hurdle as neighbors voice concerns
New Orleans Times-Picayune· 6 hours agoLast fall, the developers unveiled renderings of their project, which envisioned the site as a park...
Baron Von Opperbean ‘immersive adventure’ planned in former Mud Island museum
WREG articles via Yahoo News· 3 days agoMEMPHIS, Tenn. — The old Mississippi River Museum on Mud Island is getting a major makeover with a...