Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A barge navigates the historically-low Mississippi River at Memphis in April 2023. (Photo by Dulce Torres Guzman/Tennessee Lookout ...

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. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Mississippi River is considered the most endangered in the U.S. due to uncertainty over the Federal Emergency Management ...

A new accounting of nitrogen pollution in the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River Basin (MARB) reveals a significant decline in ...

(KWQC) - 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 that’s way past its due,” said ...

Water covers a portion of Owl Hoot Road and part of a house in Ridgely, Tenn. on April 9, 2025 following 96 hours of heavy rain that caused the Obion River to overflow. (Photo: Cassandra Stephenson) ...

Many acres of wetlands across the vast Mississippi River basin would lose federal protection under a new rule proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Agricultural and builders’ groups ...

A new survey finds that Latino voters in the Mississippi River basin, including in Louisiana, care deeply about the river. A new survey finds that Latino voters who live near the Mississippi River ...

Missouri is almost completely in drought and Iowa is almost drought-free. The top and bottom of the Mississippi River has had high streamflows this month, but about a quarter of gauges throughout the ...

Southeast Louisiana is abnormally dry. The top and bottom of the Mississippi River has had high streamflows this month, but about a quarter of gauges throughout the basin show below-normal flow.