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Why Mississippi River is top of endangered rivers list. What you need to know

The Mississippi River is considered the most endangered in the U.S. due to uncertainty over the Federal Emergency Management Agency's future.

WWNO · 2d

Mississippi River named the most endangered of 2025 by non-profit American Rivers

The Mississippi River is the nation’s most endangered river, a national conservation group says, because of federal plans to cut flood relief programs as severe weather threats grow.

Des Moines Register · 2d

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.

7don MSN

Mississippi River Flood: Map Shows Where Roads Could Be Closed 'For Days'

It will take days for major floodwaters to work their way south through the Mississippi. Flooding will persist through April.

TwinCities.com5mon

Facts to know about the Mississippi River

A Minnesota Boat Club eight-man scull plies the waters of the Mississippi River on a training row in St. Paul early Aug. 19, 2009. (John Doman / Pioneer Press) Wondering how long the Mississippi ...

Smithsonian Magazine2y

The 70 Million-Year-Old History of the Mississippi River

In 1758, the French ethnographer Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz published The History of Louisiana, in which he wrote that the Mississippi River’s name meant “the ancient father of rivers.” ...

7don MSN

See the route map for Day 7 of RAGBRAI 2025 from Oelwein to Guttenberg

Each day this week, the Des Moines Register will be presenting one of the daily maps for RAGBRAI 2025. Here's today's.

TwinCities.com5mon

A history of ecology, commerce and recreation on the Mississippi River

Adam Andrews of Cottage Grove leads his brother’s dogs, Greg, front, and Kevin, rear, down the beach at Meeker Island Dog Park along the Mississippi River on Saturday, September 9, 2017.

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