Mississippi River

The National Weather Service is forecasting major flooding along stretches of the Mississippi River north of St. Louis early next week. A map on its site…

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

The Mississippi River, one of the hallmarks of American landscape, is no longer the expansive, grand river it once was. Decades of constructing levees,…

I just finished reading Paul Schneider's, "The Mississippi River in North American History." What a great read and what an amazing river. Cultures and…

From transporting Native Americans to the founding of the United States and beyond, the Mississippi River is an integral part of American history.In his…

A new report by a coalition of conservation and public interest groups representing the Upper Mississippi River basin is calling on Congress to reform the…

This article originally appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 29, 2013: WASHINGTON — "An enormous ditch ... running liquid mud" is how novelist Charles…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 4, 2013: The Mississippi River’s rampage through the St. Louis region this week is a “fairly big…

Developing Story, will be updatedUpdated at 10:35 a.m. Thursday, June 6:MSD says the Mississippi River has dropped enough to turn the pumps back on at…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 16, 2013 - WASHINGTON – A major water resources bill approved Wednesday by the U.S. Senate calls…