Wild rice is pictured in the floating-leaf stage on the upper Mississippi River in June 2023. The floating-leaf stage occurs before the plant matures.© Courtesy of Alicia Carhart, Wisconsin DNR ...

The shrinking ice cover will change life for fish and birds, and will affect human recreation.

We compared the map in question to those published in scientific literature depicting the watershed, drainage basin and tributaries of the Mississippi River.

Boyce Upholt will bring his insights to the Quad-Cities on Thursday, Oct. 17, when he will be one of the speakers at the 18th annual Upper Mississippi River Conference.

A new collection of historic documents highlights the unique history of the Driftless region, an area that encompasses southwestern Wisconsin, southeastern Minnesota, northeastern Iowa, and a tiny ...

Why is the Mississippi River endangered? According to American Rivers, a nonprofit environmental advocacy organization, the river is threatened by the uncertain future and role that FEMA has in ...

Fireworks are not allowed on the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge due to their disturbance to wildlife and the litter they leave behind.

While summer months have seen increased rainfall, particularly along the upper Mississippi River watershed, water levels are falling again—just as the 2024 harvest season gears up.

The Texas Hill Country has been notorious for flash floods caused by the Guadalupe River. Here's why the area is called ...

The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse library already maintains collections of river maps and charts dating back a hundred or more years.