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For Shrinking Mississippi River Towns, Frequent Floods Worsen Fortunes
Insurance Journal· 5 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· 6 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 ...
Our Town Dubuque: American Lady Cruises combines natural resources and business
KCRG-TV9 Cedar Rapids· 1 day agoThe Mississippi River has provided a natural resource for all kinds of businesses, including a...
USGS deploys monitoring devices to study sediment in Mississippi River near Clinton
Quad-City Times· 14 hours agoFederal agencies hope to understand more about sediment in the Mississippi River with a new...
A day out on the Upper Mississippi River wildlife refuge
La Crosse Tribune· 2 hours agoThis year marks 100 years since the Upper Mississippi was designated a federal refuge. Congress...
Highways close as rivers rise across southern Minnesota. More storms in forecast
MPR News· 2 days agoRivers across southern Minnesota continued rising Tuesday, leading to highway closures — with more...
Louisiana bears the burden of Mississippi River runoff. Why doesn’t it push for solutions?
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoThis summer’s “dead zone,” a low-oxygen area where the river empties into the sea, could span 5,827...
‘Dead zone’ in the Gulf of Mexico predicted to be bigger than average this summer
Louisiana Illuminator via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoORLEANS — The “dead zone” forms in the Gulf of Mexico every summer. It’s caused by nutrients such as...
Wisconsin is finally drought-free after a year. Here's what that means for the state.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 days agoDrought Monitor, released on Thursday, showed no more drought conditions across Wisconsin. A few...
Review: In entertaining history of the Mississippi River, Boyce Upholt tells it like it is
The Advocate· 11 hours agoWhen we look out at the Mississippi River, beyond the levee we usually see the always-swirling,...