Ravines act like fast-moving highways, delivering sediment into Lake Pepin on the Mississippi River. A new project will ...

Despite years of work, states along the Mississippi River report mixed results for their nutrient loss reduction strategies.

To make the photography exhibition “Nicolas Floc’h: Fleuves-Océan, Mississippi Watershed,” Floc’h, a French photographer, drove 13,000 miles tracking the river system that touches more than 30 ...

For the most part, a lake’s health mirrors its watershed. The most natural lakes in ... to bring the smallpox vaccine to the tribes in the Upper Mississippi, and to find the source of the river. His ...

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. — A new study from the University of Minnesota suggests that household fertilizer and pet waste are the major sources of nutrients polluting Twin Cities lakes, streams and rivers.

Located at the former Ford Motors Assembly plant, the Highland Bridge development’s stormwater system has five rain gardens, ...

Lane Simmons of the U.S. Geological Survey collects a water-quality sample at the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge, Louisiana (USGS 07374000). Credit: Scott Dennis, USGS. NOAA is forecasting this ...