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First-ever National Mississippi River Day frames the river as 'the great connector'
Gov. Tony Evers signed a proclamation declaring June 2 National Mississippi River Day in Wisconsin, saying the river helps ...
NOAA forecasts an average summer 'dead zone' in Gulf of America
NOAA is forecasting this summer's Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico) "dead zone" to be average-sized, covering ...
The Clarion-Ledger1mon
Why Mississippi River is top of endangered rivers list. What you need to know
Mississippi River: Threatened by FEMA’s uncertain ... Tijuana River: Threatened by out-of-control sewage and chemical pollution. 3. Rivers of Southern Appalachia: Threatened by extreme ...
Wausau Pilot & Review15d
Mississippi River named the most endangered of 2025 by non-profit American Rivers
By Madeline Heim, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and Delaney Dryfoos, The Lens The Mississippi River is the nation’s most endangered river, a national ...
Utah Lake isn’t ‘gross’ anymore. Here’s why, officials say.
Utah Lake has a reputation problem. But one of the country’s largest freshwater lakes west of the Mississippi River also has ...
The Telegraph on MSN5d
Free event shows how wetlands protect the Mississippi River
Free event shows how wetlands protect the Mississippi River ...
Los Angeles Times1mon
Plagued with pollution for decades, Tijuana River is ranked nation’s second most endangered
right behind the first-ranked Mississippi River, to bring greater attention to the waterway’s chronic pollution problems and the lack of action to clean it up. Activists with another group ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel13d
First-ever National Mississippi River Day frames the river as 'the great connector'
Advocates hope that the day will bring attention to the river as it struggles with pollution, disinvestment and climate change. One Mississippi will host an online celebration of the river June 2 ...