This story is a product of the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, an independent reporting ... which occurred between 2 ...

The initiative is an association of local governments in the Mississippi River Basin that advocates for economic development ... with the primary goal of getting more funding for lower-income ...

“So this system is critical to farmers of any size farm.” Historically low water levels of the Mississippi River caused massive barge backups in October 2022 near Memphis. (Photo by Mark ...

Flathead catfish—native to the Mississippi River basin—were first detected in the ... Thirty-four of the species detected were at a low frequency, occurring in less than 2% of fish sampled.

The Chippewa and Black rivers are tributaries of the Mississippi River, which has functioned as a superhighway for invasive carp to travel.

and found that a single silver carp had made its way through the lower Chippewa River in July and August. The fish had previously been captured and tagged on the Mississippi River near Davenport ...

Coping with the titanic force of America’s largest river is one of the U.S. Army ... are the system of levees bracketing the lower Mississippi for 1,000 miles, from Cairo, Ill., ...

The report outlines the droughts in the Americas led to the Mississippi and Amazon river basins having record low levels in 23 ... in Alaska's capital.Suicide Basin is a side basin of the ...