Along the Mississippi River, an acorn-collecting 'legend' works to save struggling forests
Boardman gathered about 65,000 acorns this year, which will be planted in the river floodplain in an attempt to grow new, ...
Viking's Upper Mississippi cruise sails through the heart of American culture
Flowing, and sometimes meandering, for 3,767 km from Minnesota’s Lake Itasca to the Gulf of Mexico, the river touches 10 ...
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Photo contest hopes to capture Mississippi River's winter beauty
The foundation is hoping photographers capture the beauty of winter along the river for an exhibit to be displayed starting Jan. 11 at the museum in East Alton. It will remain on display through ...
Sacred Mound Returned to Osage Nation
Sugarloaf Mound, the last remaining intact Mississippian mound is one step closer to returning to the Osage Nation. Once part ...
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Mississippi’s judicial runoff elections
Voters in central Mississippi and the state’s Delta and Gulf Coast areas will return to the polls Tuesday to resolve two ...
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Mississippi River Museum reopens Gulf of Mexico exhibit
DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG) - The National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium in Dubuque says it has reopened its Gulf of Mexico exhibit. It comes after a propylene glycol leak in the HVAC system in October ...
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$120 million of transportation project funding suspended two years as part of Landry tax package
Two years of funding for three major projects are needed as financial cushion Landry's tax plan. The projects are the ...
Canoeist Has Paddled From Michigan To Chesapeake Bay And Still Has 4,500 Miles To Go In ‘Great Loop’ Journey
In 5 months of paddling his 1982 Sawyer Loon canoe from Escanaba Michigan's Upper Peninsula to the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, Peter Frank has made it ...
Louisiana Plastics Plants Among Top Wastewater Polluters, Thanks to Lax Regulations: Report
The Dow Plaquemine plant ranked as the top polluter in 2023 for total dissolved solids among the plastics plants studied. It ...
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Landry Raises Major Doubts About a Stalled $3B Coastal Restoration Project
The conservation group Restore the Mississippi River Delta said Landry's remarks represent a “dramatic shift” in coastal ...
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Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry Questions Viability of $2.9 Billion Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Plan
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry criticizes the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project, highlighting cultural and economic ...
St. Louis was once known as Mound City for its many Native American mounds. Just one remains
What is now St_ Louis was once home to over 100 human-made mounds constructed by Native Americans — so many that St_ Louis became known as “Mound City.” ...