Freshwater mussels were once abundant throughout Minnesota’s waterways. But their populations have declined due to habitat ...

Iowa's largest farmers cooperative might face a significant fine for a massive fertilizer spill in southwest Iowa that annihilated aquatic creatures in a 60-mile stretch of a river.

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 ...

Mississippi Department of Marine Resources officials have announced that shrimping in all waters north of the Intercoastal ...

As she stood next to a burbling creek, which was flowing unimpeded through a tributary of the Buffalo Fork River, Leslie ...

A first-of-its-kind study from researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities shows how remote sensing can help ...

The inland waterways system, and the barging and other industries that depend on it, won a major victory when Congress gave ...

Boaters park along the shoreline in a cove at Crater Island, one of a few dozen sites on the Upper Mississippi River where ...

A plan to dredge in an area of Indian River Lagoon had those opposed to the proposal waving signs near the Jensen Beach ...

Hurricane Katrina, the BP oil spill and other disasters damaged Mississippi's oysters. The state spent $55 million restoring ...

Legal agreements govern the Great Lakes and some river systems in the U.S., but the Mississippi River doesn’t have a compact.

What would you like us to cover? Get in touch. An emergency dredging project to restore severe beach erosion along a popular surfing and fishing spot north of Delaware’s Indian River Inlet began this ...