In February 1951, a sudden drop in the icy Mississippi River left several barges stranded at Marquette Cement plant docks. The river fell 5 feet overnight as ice blockages cleared, causing significant ...

Last fall, for example, they scattered between ... has planted more than two million trees along waterways in the Mississippi River Basin. The Nature Conservancy, using U.S. Department of ...

Flood control along the Mississippi River is a central piece of a newly passed federal law — work that advocates believe is critical as the river basin sees more frequent and severe extreme ...