In the Upper Mississippi River system, state resource management agencies, federal agencies and others have positioned themselves for success. Let’s do the same throughout the basin.

More than a third of the rain in the United States ends up in the Mississippi River system. Jones says with little or no rainfall coming from the Midwest, the drought is causing problems along the ...

The lock-and-dam system through which 175 million tons of freight travels on the upper Mississippi River each year is sorely outdated, and vulnerable to failure that could have a profound effect ...

The National Hydrography Dataset Plus High Resolution map of waterways, created by the US Geological Survey, is the highest-resolution survey of its kind. With nearly 25 million rivers, streams ...

The saltwater is threatening drinking water supplies in the New Orleans metro area. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built an underwater levee to stop the intrusion.

A map of the Mississippi River basin, including the Mississippi River (bold line) and its major tributaries, based on U.S. Geological Survey data. Most of the precipitation in the state of ...

Fish consumption advisories for the Mississippi River are issued at the state level, so different agencies can offer conflicting advice throughout the basin. The lack of clarity makes it difficult ...