Wisconsin has one of the world's most important bodies of water right next door. Nope, we're not talking about Lake Michigan, or Lake Superior. We're talking about the Mississippi River. The river ...

FILE - The Eads Bridge crosses the Mississippi River from Illinois to Missouri as the sun sets beyond the Gateway Arch, Tuesday, April 14, 2020, in St. Louis. Cities along the Mississippi River will ...

Beneath the surface of the water, the earth is constantly churning. Nothing can slow the speed or power of the Mississippi River as it flows across the United States and into the Gulf of Mexico.

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From Other Nonprofit Media showcases select work from other nonprofit news sites around the nation. The Mississippi River is the nation’s most endangered river, a national conservation group says, ...

Southeast Louisiana is abnormally dry. The top and bottom of the Mississippi River has had high streamflows this month, but about a quarter of gauges throughout the basin show below-normal flow.

Cities along the Mississippi River will take part in a global system to determine where plastic pollution comes from and how it ends up in waterways as a first step toward solving the problem, ...