Managing the river's breaks, or crevasses, is of high importance, affecting issues ranging from saltwater intrusion to global ...

The Mississippi River’s connection to Louisiana is existential. The river built the land on which many of us reside. As long as there have been humans here, it has been a crucial source of food and ...

TAKING A LIVE LOOK AT THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI AS A SALT WATER WEDGE IS NOW SLOWLY CREEPING UP THE RIVER. SO TO COMBAT THE IMPACTS HERE, THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS IS BUILDING AN UNDERWATER SEAL THERE ...

The lower Mississippi River’s pilotage system underwent a major shift this summer when the Crescent River Port Pilots’ Association quietly began assigning two pilots to certain large cargo vessels ...

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Foreword -- II The river system: Scope of the Mississippi Valley; The Mississippi River; The Minnesota River; The Wisconsin River; The Illinois River; The Arkansas River; The Red River; The Missouri ...

Mississippi River stakeholders took a week-long tour of the Columbia-Snake river system the week of June 23. They traveled from Astoria, Ore., to Lewiston, Idaho, touring ports, grain elevators and ...

Mississippi River levels are low this fall season—for the third year in a row. “The timing couldn’t be worse,” says Jon Davis, chief meteorologist at Everstream Analytics. “October is a critical month ...

The mighty Mississippi River is an iconic natural landmark that has shaped the nation, stretching 2,350 miles from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. Initially, it served as the western border of the newly ...