New research shows that typically, less than 10% of land-building alluvium reaches the Bird’s Foot Delta region, the ...

New research shows that typically, less than 10% of land-building alluvium reaches the Bird’s Foot Delta region, the ...

When the river floods, the faster-moving river brings sand from throughout the drainage ... the ship route. A map of the Bird’s Foot Delta showing underwater depth based on the three distributaries.

Our ranking of America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses provides a biennial snapshot into the state of affairs of public and ...

Environmentalists have come out against a potential bridge corridor that would bisect and partially destroy a primeval ...

Bridges that span the Mississippi River in western Wisconsin and southeast Minnesota are sturdy enough to withstand a barge collision, according to an engineer from the Wisconsin Department of ...

Heavy rains in Minnesota over the past several weeks are going to cause the Mississippi River to exceed its 15-foot flood stage at Lock and Dam 15 at Rock Island. Tom Philip of the National ...

The risk of Mississippi River flooding in the Quad-Cities this spring is currently below normal, according to an early forecast by the National Weather Service. That could change with heavy ...