A Minnesota Boat Club eight-man scull plies the waters of the Mississippi River on a training row in St. Paul early Aug. 19, 2009. (John Doman / Pioneer Press) Wondering how long the Mississippi ...

The way we control the Mississippi River has serious implications on the future of that land. Minnesota journalist Katie Thornton looked into that connection in a sprawling report about the ...

Ragsdale and his on-board crew of 17 are here because the once-mighty Mississippi River is in crisis: Recent years have seen severe, months-long droughts take hold across a vast swathe of America ...

For the third year in a row, extreme drought conditions in the Midwest are drawing down water levels on the Mississippi River ...

The Miss. Headwaters Board (MHB) was informed by Director Tim Terrill that they will be working with Visit Grand Rapids to develop a one-month Great River Road promotion that would ...

The Mississippi Headwaters Audubon Society will host its first Quarterly Birding Field Trip from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19, at the Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

Sacred Mississippi River water, indeed. Madeline Heim is a Report for America corps reporter who writes about environmental issues in the Mississippi River watershed and across Wisconsin.

Popular tourist destinations are countless in the United States, but even the journeys to these destinations are steeped in ...

Last year, the world's rivers had their driest year in at least three decades, according to a new U.N. report, which says ...

Dave Andrus, park manager at Missouri Headwaters State Park, talked about the area where the Missouri River forms in Western Montana and shared how Lewis and Clark’s Indian guide, Sacagawea ...

For that we needed to get out on the road and make the four hour drive to Lake Itasca and the Mississippi River’s headwaters. However ... Road 35 is considered one of the most scenic roads in America.

The Mississippi Headwaters Board was informed by Director Tim Terrill that they will be working with Visit Grand Rapids to develop a one-month Great River Road promotion that would focus ...