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Mississippi River deemed most endangered river in U.S., conservation group says
A conservation organization has named the Mississippi River as the most endangered river in the country. Every year, the ...
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Conservation group names Mississippi ‘most endangered’ river in US
executive director of Friends of the Mississippi River. “All that water flowing off of our agricultural landscapes is ...
Downpours target central US with flash flooding risks, wildfire relief
There's good news for some hoping for rain, but too much of a good thing could aggravate flooding problems in parts of the ...
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Conservation group names Mississippi ‘most endangered’ U.S. river
Mississippi River water flows through the Upper St. Anthony ... It’s carrying nutrients.” Clark said farm drainage systems have exacerbated flooding and pollution. “We have millions and ...
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5 pumps and turbine were out, but officials say New Orleans' drainage worked during floods
The flood on Monday was at least the fifth affecting several New Orleans neighborhoods since December 2023, and it was unlike ...
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Want to know if wetlands, so important to the environment, are healthy? Look to the birds.
Nearly all of those drainage systems shoot water into a river that ends up in the Mississippi. Minnesota lost 140,000 acres ...
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Conservation group names Mississippi ‘most endangered’ river in US
Clark said farm drainage systems have exacerbated ... which Clark said poses risks to the Mississippi and St. Croix River watersheds. This story was originally published on MPRNews.org.
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A Mississippi flood relief project could harm 90,000 acres of valuable wetlands. Is it worth the tradeoff?
“You're not getting conservation of wetlands—you're having a drainage of wetlands.” The Yazoo Backwater Area is part of the ...