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Mississippi River flooding causes hunting closures on MS public lands, more expected
Three state wildlife management areas and one national wildlife refuge have hunting closures in place due to flooding. Two more areas may close.
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Mississippi River named the most endangered of 2025 by non-profit American Rivers
The Mississippi’s ranking comes as cities along the river flooded from torrential rain and as Trump officials consider ...
Mississippi River named most endangered in U.S. Why water quality is not the issue.
The list calls attention to the threats rivers face and prioritizes those for which the public can influence policies that ...
Mississippi named US' most endangered river as flooding grows, Trump calls for killing FEMA
Trump's call to abolish FEMA as Mississippi sees more frequent, extreme flooding, prompts group to name river the nation's most endangered waterway.
Is the Mississippi River endangered? New ranking says iconic river at risk.
The river is threatened primarily by FEMA's uncertain future, said American Rivers, an environmental group based in ...
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A Mississippi flood relief project could harm 90,000 acres of valuable wetlands. Is it worth the tradeoff?
A project in the Yazoo Backwater Area in western Mississippi is supposed to relieve flooding in the Mississippi Delt, but it ...
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Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife & Fish Refuge hosts bird identification walk
Spring's earliest feathered visitors got a warm welcome from local bird enthusiasts along the Great River State Trail on ...
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Mississippi River named the most endangered of 2025 by non-profit American Rivers
The Mississippi River is the nation’s most endangered ... coastal scientist with the National Wildlife Federation. “On the front end, it’s really about the Army Corps of Engineers and ...