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Mississippi River

Hurricane and Tropical Storm Remnants Impact the Midwest, Too

Storms that move through the region can cause flooding but also provide needed rainfall.

By Susan Cosier

A car is crushed by a fallen tree as the remnants of Tropical Storm Cristobal hit Detroit in June 2020. Credit: Jim West/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
Hurricane Helene left a trail of destruction through North Carolina, including along this section of the French Broad River. Credit: Jack Henderson

National Park Units Dot America’s Most Endangered Rivers List

By Kurt Repanshek, National Parks Traveler

The Chicago skyline is seen across Lake Michigan from Whiting, Ind. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Chicago Considers New Approaches for PFAS Management

By Kacie Faith Kress

Alicia Carhart, Mississippi River vegetation specialist for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, peers into a tall wild rice bed on the river in the summer of 2023. Credit: Alicia Carhart/Wisconsin DNR

Decades After It Disappeared, Wild Rice Is Booming Again on the Upper Mississippi River

By Madeline Heim, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Effigy Mounds National Monument museum technician Sheila Oberreuter walks along coir logs in the Sny Magill Unit of the park along the Mississippi River near Clayton, Iowa. Credit: Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

On the Wisconsin-Iowa Border, the Mississippi River Is Eroding Sacred Indigenous Mounds

By Madeline Heim and Frank Vaisvilas, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

An aerial view of barges, stranded by low water at the Port of Rosedale along the Mississippi River on Oct. 20, 2022 in Rosedale, Mississippi. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Another Midwest Drought Is Causing Transportation Headaches on the Mississippi River

By Kristoffer Tigue

Michael Katrutsa walks through rows of tomatoes on his 20-acre produce farm in Camden, Tennessee. His crops also include sweet corn, watermelon, cantaloupe, peppers, cucumbers, okra and more. Credit: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout

As Climate Threats to Agriculture Mount, Could the Mississippi River Delta Be the Next California?

By Cassandra Stephenson, Illan Ireland and Phillip Powell, Tennessee Lookout

A loader carries a load of salt to a waiting truck Dec. 13, 2022 on Jones Island in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Credit: Mark Hoffman, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Road Salts Wash Into Mississippi River, Damaging Ecosystems and Pipes

By Madeline Heim, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

A woman buys ice cream ahead of a heat wave in downtown Chicago, the United States, on June 14, 2022. Credit: Vincent D. Johnson/Xinhua via Getty Images

Study Finds that Mississippi River Basin Could be in an ‘Extreme Heat Belt’ in 30 Years

By Keely Brewer, The Daily Memphian, and Eva Tesfaye, Harvest Public Media

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