How clean is the upper Mississippi River? Report finds improvement but emerging threats
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Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk
There are 37 articles by Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk :
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January 2024
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Metro Midwest snowfall could bring drought relief to Mississippi River basin
“We have some huge rainfall deficits that have built up, not only over the last year but the last few years,” said the director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Midwest Climate Hub.
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February 2024
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Neighborhoods Renewed legislation aims to protect Mississippi River amid environmental worries
“Since (this legislation) was first introduced (in 2021), the conditions of the world we live in just keep showing us that there is an urgent need to address these problems, and they’re not solving themselves,” said the executive director of the Mississippi River Network.
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About Town Billions of cicadas will emerge in the Mississippi River basin this spring
Starting in late April, two major broods of cicadas will emerge together in the U.S. for the first time in 221 years. Memphis, however, won’t see cicadas outside of our normal ones until 2028.
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August 2024
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Food Invasive carp are surging in the Mississippi River. Can people be convinced to eat them?
Four species of Asian carp have firmly established a home in the Mississippi River basin, and experts say they are here to stay. But one way to get the carp population under control seems relatively simple — eat them.
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September 2024
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Metro As Delta towns lose population, culture and history disappear with them
Corona, Tennessee, is one of 35 border communities that, over time, have been cut off from their state by the Mississippi River. Located in unincorporated Tipton, it’s a two-hour drive from the rest of county.
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October 2024
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Metro It’s not a matter of if but when: Midwest states prepare for next big earthquake along New Madrid fault
A small earthquake brought tremors across the Tennessee, Kentucky and Missouri border earlier this month, a reminder that much of the Midwest sits on a major fault line, which saw one of the most destructive earthquakes in history in 1812.
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November 2024
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City of Memphis Mississippi River towns seek to fund flood-damage recovery
Mayors along the Mississippi River have watched as intensifying rain storms and floods wreak havoc. This fall, the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative announced a new pilot program to help river towns better recover.
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December 2024
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Metro As salt water flows up Mississippi, the region looks for solutions
This is the third year in a row that salt water from the Gulf of Mexico has crept up the Mississippi River. This phenomenon, known as salt water intrusion, previously only happened about once per decade.
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Metro Decades after it disappeared, wild rice is blooming again on the Upper Mississippi
For some, the resurgence of the wild rice is a source of wonder. For others, it’s more of a nuisance, making it hard to maneuver boats through areas that were once easily passable.
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February 2025
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Metro Lower Mississippi’s largest ecosystem restoration gets go-ahead but not funding
The $63.7 million project would restore forests and wetland habitats along 39 miles of the Mississippi River.
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March 2025
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Downtown Mississippi River mayors lobby for more flood funding
While the Mississippi River group is not shying away from using words like “climate” and “resilience” in its policy goals, members are uncertain how much federal support they can count on, given recent government cutbacks.
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