Learn more about the Mississippi River Basin's wetlands from coastal Louisiana to the headwaters in Minnesota.

Part of the Upper Mississippi National Wildlife and Fish Refuge, this 11-mile route passes through narrow channels of shallow water and wetlands set between islands, a chance to experience what the ...

The Mississippi River is considered the most endangered in the U.S. due to uncertainty over the Federal Emergency Management ...

The Mississippi’s ranking comes as cities along the river flooded from torrential rain and as Trump officials consider ...

Lane Nichols takes a luxury cruise down the mighty Mississippi River and falls in love with New Orleans jazz music, Delta blues and the deep South. We board our Viking river cruise ship at the ...

The Mississippi River is expected to remain in the minor flood stage through April, peaking at 37.5 feet by mid-month. After over a foot of rain fell in Memphis this past week, some rivers are in ...

The river could stay above 50 feet for about two weeks, Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center senior hydrologist David Welch said Monday. The rain has stopped for now, but the basin is not yet ...

The fire burning the Yakima River Delta near Richland was declared 100% contained on Wednesday evening after firefighters created a buffer zone by setting other fires. The marshy area east of ...

The unofficial start of the Mississippi River navigation season has begun. The Motor Vessel Neil N. Diehl went through Lock and Dam 2, in Hastings on Wednesday, with nine barges. Reaching Hasting ...

Laguna Grande (AFP) – In a drought-hit Mexican border region at the center of growing competition with the United States for water, conservationists are working to bring a once-dying river delta ...