Mayors of cities and towns along the Mississippi River are lobbying Congress for help to decrease flood risks.

A bill co-sponsored by a Mississippi congressman aims to improve fisheries and environmental quality in the Mississippi River ...

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - 35 members of the Mississippi River Basin Panel visited the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies on Wednesday to learn more about South Mississippi’s marine environment.

The river passes through 10 states: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana. Its 1.2 million square mile drainage basin includes 32 ...

U.S. lawmakers have introduced legislation that would create a commission to support the long-term health of fisheries along ...

The acquisition from the French Republic consisted of most of the land in the Mississippi River's drainage basin west of the river .Jefferson paid $15 million, or $18 per square mile, 828,000 ...

(KWQC) - A new congressional bill aims to improve fisheries and environmental quality in the Mississippi River basin with a federally funded commission. “This is a bill that’s way past its due ...