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Mississippi River named most endangered in U.S. Why water quality is not the issue.
The list calls attention to the threats rivers face and prioritizes those for which the public can influence policies that ...
Mississippi named US' most endangered river as flooding grows, Trump calls for killing FEMA
Trump's call to abolish FEMA as Mississippi sees more frequent, extreme flooding, prompts group to name river the nation's most endangered waterway.
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Mississippi River named most endangered in U.S. Why water quality is not the issue.
More: Extreme rainfall and historic floods are transforming life in the vast Mississippi River basin. The challenge: How do we respond? FEMA assists communities during floods and other types of ...
Des Moines Register6d
Mississippi named US' most endangered river as flooding grows, Trump calls for killing FEMA
The Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative, a coalition of 105 mayors representing communities in the river basin, including ... River is inherently a multi-state question and thus, FEMA ...
"America's Most Endangered Rivers of 2025" highlights threats to 10 U.S. waterways. See the list.
The list of 10 most endangered rivers of 2025, according to the nonprofit American Rivers, includes the Mississippi River and ...
The Gazette8h
Framing wetlands as a flooding solution won bipartisan support in Wisconsin. Could it work elsewhere?
Communities across Wisconsin are testing the economic value of grant programs to build new wetlands that reduce flooding risk ...
WWNO5d
A Mississippi flood relief project could harm 90,000 acres of valuable wetlands. Is it worth the tradeoff?
A project in the Yazoo Backwater Area in western Mississippi is supposed to relieve flooding in the Mississippi Delt, but it ...
Want to know if wetlands, so important to the environment, are healthy? Look to the birds.
Over the last 20 years, wetlands have been losing their most ardent advocates, especially in states like Minnesota, South ...
New Orleans CityBusiness14h
‘A living laboratory:’ An accidental delta taught Louisiana scientists how to rebuild wetlands
Researchers at Louisiana State University’s Coastal Systems Ecology Lab, led by wetland scientist and professor Robert ...
A new era dawns for America’s disappearing wetlands as feds retreat from oversight
The Trump administration is proposing to take a big step back from how many wetlands it protects. Conservationists warn about the effects.
The Gazette2d
For sport or food, love of birds is saving grace for America’s wetlands
In this piece — part of a series from The Gazette and the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk — a look at how love of ...