(Courtesy of MaryJo Gingras/Ashland County Land & Water Conservation Dept) Wetlands once provided more natural flood storage across Wisconsin and the Mississippi River Basin, soaking up water like ...

If the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opens the Bonnet Carré Spillway later this week to relieve the threat of Mississippi River flooding in and around New Orleans, at least one aspect of a century ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers does not expect to open the Bonnet Carré Spillway as the Mississippi River is no longer expected to crest at a level that would require water to be diverted ...

McKellar Lake acts as a collection point for debris that would otherwise flow into the Mississippi River and possibly ... science major at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, she returned ...