Most of the year, less than 10% of the river’s sediment reaches the critical Bird’s Foot Delta, according to scientists.

A prolonged flood event is beginning to unfold along the lower Mississippi River, a consequence of the widespread heavy rainfall that drenched the river basin in early April ... Due to the flat ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District reports that its dam projects in the Cumberland River Basin are operating ... the flows from 75% of the drainage area above Nashville to zero ...

“Currently the snowpack in the Mississippi River drainage basin above Iowa is generally near to below normal for this time of year.” Thursday’s outlook was the first of three flood reports ...

They date to at least the 1920s when USDA Chief Field Naturalist Vernon Bailey proposed using an “entirely successful” drainage ... throughout the Mississippi River basin, including Illinois ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District announces the publication timeline of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Pearl River Basin, Mississippi Federal Flood Risk ...

The river passes through 10 states: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana. Its 1.2 million square mile drainage basin includes 32 ...

Water primarily from the Mississippi River carries nutrients that come from farmland and urban runoff in the 31 states at two Canadian provinces that feed into the Mississippi River basin.

Maryland-Delaware State Science Center ... in the northern Gulf of Mexico has been linked to increased nitrogen fluxes from the Mississippi and Atchafalaya River Basins, though recent evidence shows ...

Three dams have been dismantled on the main portion of the Patapsco River ... drainage basin has been developed. Daniels Dam was built in 1833 to power mills that have long since closed. It is no ...

HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. — As environmental groups and policy analysts in the Mississippi River basin seek solutions to shrink a massive “dead zone” that forms off the coast of Louisiana each ...

Porter’s farm is positioned at the center of the Upper Mississippi River Basin where streams and other ... Planting vegetation in drainage ditches, installing sediment retention ponds, and ...