The Mississippi River is the largest in the nation and is of great importance for commerce, recreation and wildlife. It creates hundreds of thousands of jobs and billions in revenue, but how much do ...
Nikki Pegarsch, digitization assistant at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse’s Murphy Library, digitizes materials related to the Mississippi River and the Driftless Region. (Jen Towner/University ...
The Mississippi River is considered the most endangered in the U.S. due to uncertainty over the Federal Emergency Management Agency's future, according to an environmental group based in Washington ...
Those who have lived in Memphis for any period of time know the river is essential to the city's development, but how well acquainted are you with the river? The Mississippi, which flows over 2,000 ...
Barges wrap around bottomland forest in Pool 10 of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. The 240,000-acre refuge, which includes backwaters off the main river channel, is ...
Fish, a gar and a catfish, both native to the Mississippi River swim in an aquarium at the Mississippi River Museum in Tunica, Mississippi on Feb, 7, 2025. Credit: Karen Pulfer Focht / Tennessee ...
One Mississippi, an environmental advocacy group, is declaring June 2 the first-ever National Mississippi River Day. Multiple river cities and a few states have formally recognized the day, including ...
Missouri is almost completely in drought and Iowa is almost drought-free. The top and bottom of the Mississippi River has had high streamflows this month, but about a quarter of gauges throughout the ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Facts about the Mississippi River are highlighted. Journalist Boyce Upholt talked about his experience traveling on the river. This lesson highlights ...