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 ...

The enormous Mississippi River, the 13th largest river in the world in terms of flow, occupies a central place in U.S. geography, economy and culture. The river is a huge part of the country's ...

DE SOTO - At the junction of Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa, there's a place called Reno Bottoms, where the Mississippi River spreads out from its main channel into thousands of acres of tranquil ...

American Rivers, a nonprofit environmental advocacy organization, named the Mississippi River the "most endangered river" of 2025. The group publishes a list yearly of at-risk rivers that the public ...

Thanks to “Ol’ Man River,” the Broadway show tune made famous by Paul Robeson, many of us grew up thinking of the Mississippi River not merely as a piece of geography but a giant personality. That ...

New research shows that typically, less than 10% of land-building alluvium reaches the Bird’s Foot Delta region, the southernmost reach of the river, where it meets the Gulf. NEW ORLEANS, La. – ...

The Mississippi River is the nation’s most endangered river, a national conservation group says, because of federal plans to cut flood relief programs as severe weather threats grow. American Rivers, ...

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 ...