Two people canoe under the Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge in the Mississippi River in Luling, La., July 25, 2014. (AP ...

Most of the upper Mississippi River basin is currently in drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Steady rains over longer periods of time can recharge moisture in the soil, Wendt said ...

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - 35 members of the Mississippi River Basin Panel visited the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies on Wednesday to learn more about South Mississippi’s marine environment.

Helena-West Helena's port on the Mississippi River -- are moving along according to schedule and are slated to break ground ...

The center produces key research about ecological trends on the upper Mississippi River basin and elsewhere in the Midwest and the world. Two former scientists who were fired said the terminations ...

Some words may be mispronounced. A new congressional bill aims to improve fisheries and environmental quality in the Mississippi River basin with a federally funded commission. “This is a bill ...

Intense drought conditions are causing water levels of the 2,300-mile-long Mississippi River to drop Tracey Harrington McCoy is a celebrity news writer at PEOPLE Digital. She has been working at ...

After another winter with not much snow, there is little spring flood risk on the upper Mississippi river. Minor to moderate ...

The bill would prompt the USDA to consider Mississippi River Basin resources through the future, move the Environmental Quality Incentives Program outside the USDA and establish a comprehensive ...

(Elizabeth Flores/Minnesota Star Tribune) A new congressional bill aims to improve fisheries and environmental quality in the Mississippi River basin with a federally funded commission.