The group American Rivers says the Mississippi faces threats including increased flooding and inadequate disaster prevention and response. In Minnesota, one environmental advocate says not much has ...

In this piece — part of a series from The Gazette and the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk — a look at how love of ...

The Mississippi River's rise is prompting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to test run the Bonnet Carre Spillway. Current ...

The Mississippi River is considered the most endangered in the U.S. due to uncertainty over the Federal Emergency Management ...

The Mississippi River is considered the most endangered in the U.S. due to uncertainty over the Federal Emergency Management ...

Aerial footage shows severe flooding across the border of Cairo, Illinois, and Wickliffe, Kentucky, on, April 15. The filmer ...

According to officials, the Mississippi River flooding is expected to reach flood stage for the first time since 2019. Courtesy photo of City of Tallulah ...

A project in the Yazoo Backwater Area in western Mississippi is supposed to relieve flooding in the Mississippi Delt, but it ...

Over the last 20 years, wetlands have been losing their most ardent advocates, especially in states like Minnesota, South ...

The list calls attention to the threats rivers face and prioritizes those for which the public can influence policies that affect their well-being.

The push for one Iowa landowner to farm a designated wetland is likely to affect neighbors downstream. And a legal weight ...

Draining the Kankakee Marsh came after controversy and a spectacular failed attempt. Controversy over the effects continues ...