Bald eagles love calling the Mississippi River home, but why? The answer lies in the perfect combination of abundant fish, strong nesting spots, and wide-open water. Find out what makes this river an ...

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A first-of-its-kind project seeking to restore river ecosystems along 39 miles of the Lower Mississippi River has federal ...

the river may only reliably freeze near the Twin Cities — dramatically altering a way of life for the people and animals that use it farther downstream. On the upper Mississippi, which stretches ...

which is part of the Lower Mississippi River Conservation Committee, the project’s non-federal sponsor. “Hundreds of animals are dependent on that floodplain,” Brinkman said. He added that ...

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