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A Midwestern river refuge was nearly drained in 1924. 100 years later, it protects 240,000 acres of wildlife

The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge has been home to countless migratory birds, fish, wildlife since it was narrowly saved in 1924.

Manmade island rising in Mississippi River near Hastings

Work is underway to build a new island in the Mississippi River near Hastings, a $10 million project aimed at preserving the ...

Cuts to agencies that study, safeguard Mississippi River have to stop, advocates say

Residents along the river gathered in La Crosse Aug. 4 to discuss the effects of federal funding cuts on their community and its iconic body of water.
Yahoo

Helicopter crashes into barge on Mississippi River; reports say 2 dead

Emergency officials were responding to a fatal helicopter crash Aug. 7 in a section of the Mississippi River near Alton, Illinois, according to transportation officials and local media. The National ...
KMA Radio

Low Mississippi River levels again set to disrupt harvest shipping

For the fourth straight year, water levels in the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers will soon be critically low, forcing shippers to light-load grain barges during harvest season. As barge rates ...
OPB

What the Mississippi River can learn from the Columbia and vice versa

Note: The following transcript was transcribed digitally and validated for accuracy, readability and formatting by an OPB volunteer. Dave Miller: This is Think Out Loud on OPB. I’m Dave Miller. We end ...
AgWeb

River Levels Run Shallow

This is a peak period when corn and soybeans from the Midwest get shipped downriver to New Orleans for export to the ...