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Statewide water monitoring initiative underway on Mississippi River in Minnesota
The Bemidji Pioneer, Minn. via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoJun. 22—BEMIDJI — The Mississippi River is in good hands as a statewide initiative is underway to monitor its water quality. As part of the Clean Water ...
‘We should have a sense of urgency’ as farm drainage tile drives nutrient pollution
The Biloxi Sun Herald· 7 hours agoEditor’s note: This is the fifth in a five-story series that will examine the slow progress being made on reducing harmful agricultural runoff from the Mississippi
Mississippi River Festival, powerboat races return to Alton for first time in years
KSDK St. Louis· 16 hours ago"This is a Formula 1 race boat," driver Dylan Anderson said while showing off his prized possession....
John McCracken, Grist
The Raw Story· 17 hours agoThis story was originally published by Grist. A low, bellowing train horn haunts the daily routine of Camanche, Iowa. In the afternoon, Alice Srp sits in...
Flood watch: St. Paul closing roads, Stillwater holding emergency meeting as more rain forecast
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. via Yahoo News· 2 days agoWith a weather forecast soaked with yet more showers and storms through Saturday, the Twin Cities is...
An Outdoorsman's Journal: Bay City Campground on the Mississippi
Burnett County Sentinel· 26 minutes agoThis week I headed over to Bay City in Pierce County and had a plan of camping on an island on the Mississippi River and paddle trolling my canoe for walleye ...
38 dogs were close to drowning on a Mississippi lake. But some fishermen had quite a catch
WJXT Jacksonville· 21 hours agoBy the time fishermen spotted the first head bobbing above the water, the 38 dogs were exhausted and...
You can watch F1 Powerboat races on the Mississippi River in Alton this weekend for free
Belleville News-Democrat· 18 hours agoQualifying begins Saturday at 10:20 a.m. with races later that day and final heats finishing Sunday....
‘Dead zone’ in the Gulf of Mexico predicted to be bigger than average this summer
Louisiana Illuminator via Yahoo News· 3 days agoORLEANS — The “dead zone” forms in the Gulf of Mexico every summer. It’s caused by nutrients such as...
Could Mississippi River benefit from Chesapeake Bay’s strategy to improve water quality?
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 1 day agoSluggish progress on reducing nutrient runoff into the Bay marks an inconvenient truth, but offers...