Mayors from Minnesota to Louisiana traveled to Washington earlier this month with a bipartisan message that protecting the ...

Major flooding is expected on the Mississippi River at New Orleans in late April through June, with the possibility that the Bonnet Carré Spillway will open, sending polluted river water into Lake ...

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, December 8, 2008 (ENS) - Conservation and agricultural groups announced a new initiative today that aims to reduce the polluting sediment and excess agricultural nutrients that ...

The Mississippi River stretches across the heart of the United States and holds deep historical significance. It once supported booming trade, transportation, and growing communities along its banks.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Saltwater intrusion typically happens every year closer to the mouth of the Mississippi River. Some years, it can creep too far upstream when the river is low, which is what’s ...

Year-over-year Mississippi River levels at St. Louis and Memphis are currently measuring above last year. But, without significant rain in the forecast and concerns for the volume of water coming from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Water levels on portions of the Mississippi and lower Ohio rivers have dropped low enough to significantly hinder shipping across ...

Water levels in parts of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers are likely to reach critically low stages soon, forcing shippers to light-load harvest-season grain barges for the fourth year in a row.

This report summarizes presentations and discussions of Mississippi River and basin water quality management, monitoring, and evaluation programs that took place at a workshop that was held in St.

To make the photography exhibition “Nicolas Floc’h: Fleuves-Océan, Mississippi Watershed,” Floc’h, a French photographer, drove 13,000 miles tracking the river system that touches more than 30 ...

Based on a satellite image captured Tuesday, Mississippi River water flowing through the Bonnet Carre Spillway has overtaken about a third of Lake Pontchartrain. The image shows a roughly oval-shaped ...