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Physical maps and signage will continue to be available at river access sites while the board evaluates its digital mapping ...

Noah P. Germolus, Patrick L. Brezonik, Raymond M. Hozalski, Jacques C. Finlay, Long-term water color and flow trends in the Mississippi River Headwaters, 1944–2010, Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 66 ...

For the first time, Minnesota will study the health of the state's entire stretch of the Mississippi River, from its headwaters near Bemidji to the bluff country where it enters Iowa. The Minnesota ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wisconsin has one of the world's most important bodies of water right next door. Nope, we're not talking about Lake Michigan, or ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. The southeastern U.S. has captured our attention over the last month with the barrage of hurricanes that have passed through the region, causing mass ...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Nature Conservancy today announced that it is establishing the Minnesota Headwaters Fund to support high-impact conservation projects to protect clean water in ...

Flood control along the Mississippi River is a central piece of a newly passed federal law — work that advocates believe is critical as the river basin sees more frequent and severe extreme weather ...

BRAINERD — The Mississippi Headwaters Board approved partnering with the We Are Water program at a recent board meeting. The program deepens connections between the humanities and water through a ...

ITASCA STATE PARK, MINN. - Lake Itasca is almost as wild now as it was 193 years ago, when it was named by an explorer from Michigan seeking the true source of the Mississippi River. Some of the red ...

"Aabijijiwan / Ukeyat yanalleh," which translates to "It Flows Continuously" in Ojibwe and Houma, is a collaborative exhibition by multimedia artists Karen Goulet (Ojibwe) and Monique Verdin (Houma).