To John Ruskey, the Mississippi River is “a creative force” that sculpts the landscape and rejuvenates the people who ...

Fish consumption advisories are issued at the state level, so different agencies can offer conflicting advice along the Mississippi River, which forms a border between many states in the watershed.

For the first time, Minnesota will study the health of the state’s entire stretch of the Mississippi River, from its headwaters near Bemidji to the bluff country where it enters Iowa.

More than 50 mammal species in the Upper Mississippi. The Mississippi River basin encompasses parts of 31 states and two Canadian provinces and is over 1,245,000 square miles in size.

The Mississippi, which flows over 2,000 miles, has a long history in the United States, from being the western border to then becoming the middle marker after the Louisiana Purchase. The river ...

Barges float on the Mississippi River on the southern edge of the St. Louis riverfront. As drought and flooding impact the river, mayors along the waterway are calling for a multi-state legal ...

By Boyce Upholt Photographs by Ashleigh Coleman Louisiana Purchase State Park in Holly Grove ... that stretched all the way to the Mississippi River, to the western edges of what would become ...