The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge is the core of a major flyway for migrating birds and one of the most visited refuges in the U.S. Anglers. Outdoor enthusiasts saved ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, saw the last barge of the year, the Motor Vessel Ashley Danielson, depart Lock and Dam 2, Dec. 1, at 11:48 a.m., ending the 2024 navigation ...

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 mheim@gannett.com .

The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge is the core of a major flyway for migrating birds and one of the most visited refuges in the U.S. Anglers and outdoor enthusiasts ...

In a testament to conservation efforts, the Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge Act, enacted in 1924, has safeguarded the floodplain forest and its diverse wildlife for a century.

A 1974 field notebook belonging to Stafford Happ shows his observations from Wisconsin’s Coon Creek watershed on behalf of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s sediment lab in Oxford, Mississippi.

A wild rice plant is pictured Sept. 17 on the Upper Mississippi River near Goose Island County Park in the town of Shelby, ... chair of the Lake Onalaska Protection and Rehabilitation District.

With all but two locks closed along the Upper Mississippi River, local barge traffic has come to a complete halt, said spokesman Allen Marshall, with the Rock Island District of ...

Records show wild rice was common around the turn of the 20th century, but poor water quality caused die-offs in the 1980s. Today, it's making a big return on the river.

In another sign of winter, the last Mississippi River barge departed St. Paul last weekend. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ St. Paul district, the M.V. Ashley Danielson and its ...

“It’s one of the most dramatic changes on the upper Mississippi,” Larson said. “It’s everywhere.” In the past several years, wild rice has exploded on this part of the upper river ...