The Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, a journalism collaborative based at the University of Missouri School of ...

President Lyndon Johnson even flew out from Washington, D.C., to survey the destruction and pledge all necessary assistance ...

A conservation organization has named the Mississippi River as the most endangered river in the country. Every year, the ...

Throughout the Mississippi River watershed, wetlands store floodwater, improve drinking water quality and serve as homes for millions of birds and other animals. But this special ecosystem is ...

In less than 10 years, three catastrophic floods ravaged northwestern Wisconsin and changed the way people think about water.

Madeline Heim is a Report for America corps reporter who writes about environmental issues in the Mississippi River watershed and across Wisconsin. Contact her at (920) 996-7266 or [email protected].

Plaquemines Parish mandates additional waivers for activities near the Mississippi River due to high water levels.

In the Marengo watershed, Gingras worked with one landowner ... to flooding have been gaining popularity all along the Mississippi River. Wisconsin’s program could serve as a national model ...

Some say wetlands can save money by blunting flood impacts. A Wisconsin law geared to stem disasters before they happen will test that idea.