Signed into law Jan. 4, this year’s package includes studies on increased flooding in the upper basin, flood mitigation ...

The Mississippi River is managed in large part by the Army Corps, so it often features prominently in the bill, with a dual aim of making the river more suitable for shipping and restoring ...

A coalition of researchers from West Virginia University, Iowa State University and the Texas Soil and Water Research Laboratory has determined that decreasing nitrogen runoff from agriculture in the ...

nutrient pollution and climate change. Kirsten Wallace, executive director of the Upper Mississippi River Basin Association, called this year’s water resources act “a pretty special one.” ...

Surging water from the Mississippi River led to a 2023 barge strike on a gate at Algiers Lock in New Orleans, according to a ...

Are you thinking "glittering snow" or "plastic pollution?" A new study underscores ... debris from freshwater environments like the Mississippi River. Researchers have developed a new ...

Most of the nutrient pollution contributing to the dead zone flows down the Mississippi River from agricultural Midwestern states. “The agency is currently in the process of reviewing and ...

New research on the cost of reducing the Gulf of Mexico’s dead zone places a $7 billion dollar annual price tag on reaching ...