SHELBY, Wisconsin — If she closes her eyes, Danelle Larson can still remember how the stretch of Mississippi River in front of her looked as recent as a decade ago: nothing but open, muddy water.

A dozen miles downstream from the park’s visitor center along the Mississippi River, the path starts with ... which has a strong presence in Wisconsin. “The area itself is part of our homeland ...

The Mississippi ... river will rise in places like Burlington and Fort Madison. “The big thing that’s causing this flooding is all the rain that they’re getting up in Minnesota and Wisconsin ...

Larson, a research ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, and Alicia Carhart, Mississippi River vegetation specialist for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, surveyed the plants by ...

If she closes her eyes, Danelle Larson can still remember how the stretch of Mississippi ... into the river in early fall to start the process over again. The place now known as Wisconsin has ...