The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge is the longest contiguous river refuge in the continental U.S., spanning 261 river miles from Wabasha, Minnesota to Rock Island ...

Barges wrap around bottomland forest in Pool 10 of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. The 240,000-acre refuge, which includes backwaters off the main river channel ...

People fear it because it's unknown to them. Now the manager of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge, Chandler recounted those days as she drove to one of her favorite places.

Have you ever seen a tundra swan or a raft of canvasback ducks floating together? Opportunities to see these birds are rare in the Midwest — unless you visit the Upper Mississippi River National ...

From Wabasha, Minnesota to Rock Island, Illinois, the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge stretches across 261 river miles and protects more than 240,000 acres of Mississippi ...

As rivers get older, they’re kind of like us, they change,” said Tim Miller, manager for the La Crosse district of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. A century ago ...

The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife & Fish Refuge hosted a free bird identification walk along the Great River State Trail, starting from the Brice Prairie Conservation Association ...

The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge protects more than 240,000 acres of floodplain along the river from Wabasha, Minnesota, to Rock Island, Illinois, including much of ...