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Mississippi RiverArchive of news articles on external web sites. For mongabay-specific articles, please see http://www.mongabay.com/xml/list.htmlDubuque Telegraph Herald,The Thermo Fisher Scientific river mile is along the Mississippi river from the Lock and Dam No. 11 to the Hawthorne Street Boat Ramp. On Saturday, Oct. 25, Week in Vicksburg - 16 Nov 2008 Vicksburg Post,The Mississippi River fell most of the week, starting at 11.4 feet on the Vicksburg gauge and declining to 8.5 feet by week’s end. The forecast called for a Success flows on 'Big Read' river - 16 Nov 2008 DeSoto Appeal,The Big Read kicked off with a display of photographs of the Mississippi River by the DeSoto Camera Club. Other artists got involved by traveling to the Grafton mayor, other offices up for grabs in April - 16 Nov 2008 Alton Telegraph,In serving this region with the corps, Morrow was responsible for 350 miles of the Mississippi River, which included Grafton, five locks and dams, DNR biologist takes new job with Nature Conservancy - 16 Nov 2008 La Crosse Tribune,Gretchen Benjamin’s new job as assistant director of the Upper Mississippi River program with the worldwide conservation organization will keep her focused (Credit: Diane Sobolewski) - 16 Nov 2008 Metromix,Join Huckleberry Finn and runaway slave Jim on a musical trip down the Mississippi River in Twain's classic tale. Recommended for ages 12 and older. Week in Review - 16 Nov 2008 istockAnalyst.com (press release),...won out when state regulators voted unanimously to reject Alliant's plan to build a coal and biomass power plant on the Mississippi River in Cassville. Feds release analysis for La.'s black bear plan - 16 Nov 2008 Shreveport Times,...hit from designating 1.3 million acres of land largely west of the Mississippi River as critical habitat for the threatened Louisiana black bear. Land of Lost Souls - 16 Nov 2008 New Yorker,For Rabe, the drama between the surface and the subterranean began in Dubuque, in a blue-collar district near the Mississippi River. Our Views: A new phase in downtown - 16 Nov 2008 2TheAdvocate,Not just big cities from Sydney to London but up and down the Mississippi River and its tributaries the peers of Baton Rouge are investing in new riverfront 'Delta Blues' by Ted Gioia: An engaging look at music born in ... - 16 Nov 2008 Dallas Morning News,The blues were born in the Delta, the wide band of tarlike fertile land that the Mississippi River over the ages has deposited along its banks from Memphis, Main bridge into North Catasauqua closed indefinitely following crash - 16 Nov 2008 Allentown Morning Call,...for ''structure sufficiency'' in an assessment completed after the collapse of the Interstate 35 bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minn. Help is still there for flood victims - 16 Nov 2008 Burlington Hawk Eye,By WILLIAM SMITH With winter creeping across the flood plains the Mississippi River invaded only months ago, victims of the unforgiving river slowly are Taking the plunge for a good cause - 16 Nov 2008 Dubuque Telegraph Herald,BY ERIK HOGSTROM TH STAFF WRITER Mark Tilson leaped into the Mississippi River wearing a Bobcats basketball uniform and the "What have I gotten myself into? Scientists: Disconnect Great Lakes, Mississippi Watershed - Nov 15, 2008 FOXNewsCHICAGO — Connections engineered more than a century ago between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed should be changed to block the advance Dike project to foster life in Mississippi - Nov 15, 2008 Knoxville News Sentinel,This area just upstream from downtown Memphis used to be a back channel of the Mississippi River - a place where young fish could find refuge before Brainerd hunter uses brains to fill his deer tag - Nov 15, 2008 Minneapolis Star Tribune,With that in mind Hamre and two of his close hunting partners began the Minnesota firearms opener with a 10-mile boat ride up the Mississippi River. Study: Separate Great Lakes and Mississippi River watersheds - Nov 12, 2008 SmartBrief,The Great Lakes and Mississippi River watersheds should be separated to protect the lakes from invasive species, according to a study by the Alliance for Obama sympathetic to Great Lakes issues - Nov 15, 2008 Detroit Free Press,Remediating the reverse of the flow of the Chicago River, which artificially connected Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River, could be accomplished by In Anoka, visions of Stillwater dance in their heads - Nov 15, 2008 Minneapolis Star Tribune,The 4-foot-deep channel is part of city efforts to lure more people, including Mississippi River boaters, up the Rum to the historic downtown. Plan would block pest species from Mississippi River - Nov 13, 2008 Quad City Times,But a new report by the advocacy group recommends severing a century-old barge and boating link between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River to help stop US appeals court to hear 1964 Klan killings case - Nov 14, 2008 The Associated PressTheir remains were found in a Mississippi River backwater in 1964 when authorities were investigating the unrelated disappearance of three civil rights Mississippi River Oil Spill Prompts Coast Guard to Start New ... - Nov 13, 2008 Newsinferno.com,In the wake of last summer’s Mississippi River Oil Spill, the US Coast Guard has launched Operation Big Tow. The Coast Guard says the inspection program NTSB: Design flaw led to Minnesota bridge collapse - Nov 14, 2008 CNNThe gusset plates -- metal plates that are meant to strengthen joists -- are believed to have failed on the I-35W bridge over the Mississippi River in EPA’s regionwide approach unfairly labels QC - Nov 15, 2008 Quad City Times,Federal agencies are managed in regions and most of those regions use the Mississippi River as a border. Federal transportation, housing, environmental and Tightening for the future - Nov 15, 2008 Pioneer Press,...on a 3-0 vote, rejected a proposal from Wisconsin Power & Light to build a coal-fired power plant along the Mississippi River near Cassville. ‘Over the river’ I-90 bridge proposed to be replaced in 2012 - Nov 12, 2008 Houston County News,With the Mississippi River, bluffs, rest area, two boat launches, the lock and dam, and the Canadian Pacific Railroad running through this area, he said, Dead birds on Lake Winnibigoshish concern biologists - Nov 15, 2008 Pioneer Press,Faucet snails and trematodes have been blamed for large scaup die-offs in the Mississippi River National Fish and Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Minnesota. Platinum prints convey timelessness of Mississippi River - Nov 9, 2008 The Tennessean,They were taken during Guider's travels along the Mississippi River and associated waterways, which is another reason the subject matter appears timeless: PBS show to feature eagle, Antigo group - Nov 15, 2008 Wausau Daily Herald,The "American Eagle" film was shot in high-definition in the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge between Prairie du Chien and Lansing, Body found in Mississippi River is 17-year-old boy missing since May - Oct 22, 2008 Minneapolis Star Tribune,St. Paul police announced Wednesday that a body found in the Mississippi River in August was that of Joey Kaiser, a 17-year-old who disappeared in May after Value of exports through Louisiana ports up - Nov 14, 2008 Forbes,About $11.5 billion in agricultural products were shipped through Louisiana's lower Mississippi River ports, which account for more than half the US grain Winona native joins conservancy - Nov 14, 2008 Winona Daily News,Dozens of years have passed, but Benjamin still loves the Mississippi River. Her newest job with a worldwide conservation organization will keep her focus Bob Retzlaff: America's 'Queen' makes last trip - Nov 15, 2008 Post-Bulletin,It's the end of an era for the Queens -- the fabled paddle-wheeled, steam-driven, overnight passenger boats that have cruised the Mississippi River for Davenport dumps untreated wastewater into river - Nov 12, 2008 Quad City Times,By Times staff | Wednesday, November 12, 2008 12:00 PM CST | () comments Davenport wastewater was dumping into the Mississippi River because of a plugged The Nature Conservancy Hires Assistant Director to Help Restore ... - Nov 10, 2008 The Nature Conservancy,November 10, 2008 — The Nature Conservancy announced the hiring of Gretchen Benjamin as assistant director of its Upper Mississippi River (UMR) Program Your Trophy Sleeps With the Fishes - Nov 15, 2008 Deadspin,His most infamous trophy disposal came in 2001 when he donated an award to the Mighty Mississippi river. But rivers don't always benefit from a new sunken Delta Queen's last voyage strikes deep chord in Winona river man - Oct 28, 2008 Minneapolis Star Tribune,But his connection with America's steamboat history stretches back beyond her maiden Mississippi River voyage in 1948, and even her construction in 1926. Sediment That Could Protect Coast Goes To Waste - Nov 12, 2008 WDSU,Each year, millions of cubic yards of sediment dredged by the Corps of Engineers from the Mississippi River are wasted when crews dump it into the Gulf of Some officials question impact of diversions on coastal efforts - Nov 14, 2008 2TheAdvocate,By AMY WOLD For years, scientists and coastal restoration specialists have said the water and sediment carried by the Mississippi River are key to Body pulled from Mississippi River - Nov 5, 2008 KAALtv.com,Investigators are trying to figure out how a body got into the Mississippi River in St. Paul. The body was pulled from the river Wednesday morning, Joel lives between the Mississippi River and a levi - Nov 10, 2008 ireportJoel is a veteran who lives under a bridge between the Mississippi River and a levi near downtown St Louis. When the river flooded St Louis this spring, Visiting the Upper Mississippi strictly for the birds - Nov 12, 2008 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,Marc Schulz, an avid duck hunter and old friend who lives on the Mississippi River near La Crosse, had been keeping an eye on the fall duck migration. Deckhand contradicts pilot in Miss. River spill - Oct 23, 2008 Forbes,By CAIN BURDEAU 10.23.08, 10:35 AM ET An eyewitness to a collision that closed the Mississippi River for days over the summer testified that a deckhand DNR report: Week of Nov. 13 to 19 - Nov 13, 2008 Wisconsin State Journal,The Mississippi River rose almost 8 inches by the end of last week reaching the 7.6 foot stage. However, the river quickly dropped back down to the 7.0 foot Coast Guard launches inspection program for towboat industry - Nov 13, 2008 The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com,1 during clean up of massive fuel spill on the Mississippi River. Faced with mounting criticism after an oil spill on the Mississippi River this summer Input floods meeting on 92-slip marina - Nov 13, 2008 Dubuque Telegraph Herald,...and even technical construction issues involved in building a 92-slip, full-service marina on the Mississippi River along Dubuque's river walk. Body found in Mississippi near downtown St. Paul - Nov 5, 2008 Minneapolis Star Tribune,A body has been found in the Mississippi River at Lambert's Landing in downtown St. Paul, police said. Police spokesman Peter Panos said the body was Illinois coal a potential US export star - exec - Nov 12, 2008 ReutersN: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), said up to 2.5 million tons of Illinois coal will ship via the Mississippi River this year. Tug boat sinks in Mississippi River - Oct 28, 2008 The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com,...by The Times-Picayune The Mississippi River just upstream from New Orleans is closed as authorities investigate why a tug boat sank late this morning, [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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