Researchers say drought, sea level rise, severe storms and dredging are partly to blame for the increased in frequency and ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has activated the second phase of its flood fight plan for the Mississippi River.

Living Lands & Waters is a nonprofit organization that was founded in 1998 by Chad Pregracke. While living and working on the ...

American Rivers said in its 40th annual report identifying endangered waterways that the health of the Mississippi River and the safety ... including updating flood risk maps, improving land ...

Increased flooding and inadequate disaster response put this river, which runs 2,350 miles across 10 states, at the top of this year's list. "The Mississippi ... a place with headwaters of a ...

This is the only species you may see around your home if you happen to live east of the Mississippi River. Both the eastern U.S. and southern Canada are home to this particular bird during breeding ...

Lake George and Plantagenet are part of the Mississippi River Headwaters Watershed ... “If your lake isn’t on here (the priority map), it doesn’t mean the watershed doesn’t care about it,” Shaughnessy ...

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. Experts predict the high ...

The study was conducted in Baiyangdian Lake (BYD) and its three main inflowing rivers: Fu River (FH), Baigouyin River (BGY), and Xiaoyi River (XY). BYD is a significant freshwater resource on the ...

Of the homes affected, 54 were destroyed, while 68 sustained major damage. MEMA is also monitoring the rising water levels in the Mississippi River and other rivers throughout the state.

Cities along the Mississippi River are closing their flood gates and ... he said. Horseshoe Lake in East St. Louis, Illinois, took on about 500 Olympic swimming pools worth of water, protecting ...

(Memphis District Civil Engineer David Jacobs/U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District) This story is a product of the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, an editorially independent ...