P RESCOTT, Wis. (WBAY) - The Wisconsin DNR announced it’s investigating a boat explosion Saturday that set a second boat on fire on the Mississippi River in Pierce County. The explosion threw all 11 ...

The public boat launch ramps at Alton Marina have been closed effective July 15, 2025, due to low water levels on Pool 26 of ...

Kirsten Wallace, executive director of the Upper Mississippi River Basin Association, called this year’s water resources act “a pretty special one.” She said it contained wins for many of ...

Delaney Dryfoos (The Lens) Published January 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM CST Tegan Wendland, Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk ...

In 2022, the entire river appeared on the list because of pollution and habitat loss, and in 2020, threats from climate change and development landed the upper Mississippi at number one.

In an attempt to rid the Mississippi River Basin of this invasive species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is issuing a ...

The speed of the Mississippi's flow changes as water levels rise or fall and where the river widens and narrows, but its surface speed at New Orleans typically moves at about 3 mph, according to ...

A new congressional bill aims to improve fisheries and environmental quality in the Mississippi River basin with a federally funded commission. “This is a bill that’s way past its due,” said ...

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 ...