Colin Wellenkamp

Many cities are already investing in nature-based solutions, such as removing pavement, building marshes and making room for rivers to flow. Now, St. Louis is looking to learn from Missouri’s neighbors in Dubuque, Iowa, on what the city can do with the River Des Peres.

The existential threat from flooding is also an economic one for the cities and towns that hug the country's major rivers. In total, flooding in 2019 along the Mississippi and its tributaries caused an estimated $6.2 billion in damage, including millions in the St. Louis region.

Modern riverfront developments face a reality of accommodating a river that’s seeing major floods and droughts with more frequency.

Residents of towns along both the Missouri and Illinois sides of the Mississippi River are all too familiar with the effects of flooding on their…

The Missouri side of the St. Louis metro area will have a new regionwide disaster plan next year come hell or floodwaters.A local council of governments…

Every April 22nd, Earth Day encourages people to consider what’s best for the environment. Started in 1970 by a U.S. senator from Wisconsin, Earth Day has…

A major river commerce group endorsed a plan Tuesday to increase container-on-barge traffic on the Mississippi River. The Inland Rivers, Ports and…