Those who have lived in Memphis for any period of time know the river is essential to the city's development, but how well acquainted are you with the river? The Mississippi, which flows over 2,000 ...

The Mississippi River is the largest in the nation and is of great importance for commerce, recreation and wildlife. It creates hundreds of thousands of jobs and billions in revenue, but how much do ...

Managing the river's breaks, or crevasses, is of high importance, affecting issues ranging from saltwater intrusion to global ...

Missouri is almost completely in drought and Iowa is almost drought-free. The top and bottom of the Mississippi River has had high streamflows this month, but about a quarter of gauges throughout the ...

American Rivers, a nonprofit environmental advocacy organization, named the Mississippi River the "most endangered river" of 2025. The group publishes a list yearly of at-risk rivers that the public ...