BRAINERD — What should the priority issues be when looking at surface water, ground water, habitat and forestry and land? Picking focus areas can be challenging when the sweeping topics include growth ...

Kimberly Lutz and America’s Watershed Initiative (AWI) are making every effort to sustain the Mississippi River for generations to come. The Mississippi River is one of the world’s largest river ...

The upper Mississippi River is in serious need of a watershed study. We are facing stronger storms and more frequent flooding, and the watershed approach will address how communities can reduce flood ...

The Mississippi River basin covers all or part of 31 states in the U.S, including Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, pictured here. Targeting conservation funds to the Mississippi River watershed could have ...

There are simple things that can be done to keep the waters in Crow Wing County healthy. Projects range from something as simple as filtering rain by planting native grasses and shrubs on the ...

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 ...

About two dozen volunteers collected trash along rivers and creeks in Dubuque County Saturday. Julia Rodewald (ROHD-walled) was at the John Deere Marsh, just along the Mississippi River, near the John ...

Flowing 2,300 miles from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico, the Mississippi River provides drinking water, food and jobs for millions of people. A journey downriver reveals how the agricultural industry ...

Water levels on the Mississippi River are nearing historic lows for the second consecutive year, triggering a drinking water emergency in Louisiana as ocean water flows upstream, unimpeded by the ...

COSMOS, Minn. — Carrie Jennings flits around the South Fork Crow River like a water bug in the old one-seat canoe she bought years ago for $100, then pauses midstream to peer down at the brown water. ...

NEAR READS LANDING, Minnesota – At the edge of the Mississippi River, eight kayaks floated in an orderly row. The group of paddlers had spent the last hour meandering the languid channels that connect ...