As politicians argue over just how much land the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion could build along a rapidly sinking coast, geologist Alex Kolker regularly makes the 65-mile drive down from New ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Mississippi River is undergoing dramatic changes as it breaks through its banks, creating new land in Louisiana while also ...

Sometimes finding the best way forward requires taking a new perspective. Inspired by Aldo Leopold’s idea of using old tools in new ways, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and partners are reimagining the ...

A $10 million investment will fund seven projects aimed at making national wildlife refuge lands along the upper Mississippi and Illinois rivers more resilient to climate change, the U.S. Fish and ...

Spreading lime on fields is a very common agricultural practice to neutralize acidic soil. However, in greenhouse gas ...

Have you ever seen a tundra swan or a raft of canvasback ducks floating together? Opportunities to see these birds are rare in the Midwest — unless you visit the Upper Mississippi River National ...

Nelson Dewey State Park offers blufftop campsites, Mississippi River views, short hiking trails, and Native American burial ...