Go fishing now during the best angling month of the year
Rob Drieslein
June 7, 2018
A fine day of catching Mississippi River walleyes reminds the author to enjoy these heady days of June fishing.
Mississippi River
Wisconsin teaming with Minnesota, Michigan in separate walleye efforts
Site Staff
May 2, 2018
Team efforts involve mulling reg changes with Minnesota on a stretch of the Mississippi and working with Michigan to help walleyes rebound at Lac Vieux Desert.
Report: 2 Minnesota rivers, 1 in Wisconsin and Illinois among most endangered
Associated Press
April 13, 2018
In Minnesota, Kawishiwi River and stretch of Mississippi, along with Kinnickinnic River in Wisconsin and middle fork of Vermilion in Illinois included in that top-10 at-risk list.
In Louisiana, decision on key wetlands plan involving Mississippi River moving up nearly 2 years
Associated Press
April 4, 2018
Corps had told Louisiana officials it could need until October 2022 to assess environmental impact of a project to create new coastal land by enabling Mississippi River to push mud and sand into open water.
Bald eagle sightings increasing along Mississippi River
Associated Press
January 8, 2018
A lock and dam near Burlington, Iowa, recently saw 491 eagles, up from 156 a week earlier.
Plan to block Asian carp from Great Lakes worries Louisiana business group
Associated Press
December 8, 2017
NEW ORLEANS — A business lobbying organization in Louisiana is expressing concerns about proposals to block an invasive species of fish from the Great Lakes. The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry has released a
Hunters, wildlife share Iowa’s Lake Odessa lifestyle
Iowa DNR
October 10, 2017
Sitting along the west bank of the Mississippi River in Louisa County, Lake Odessa, with its network of islands, waterways and hidden sloughs, might be the wildest place in Iowa. It may be the only
Mississippi River dam operations changed to deter Asian carp
Associated Press
September 1, 2017
Army Corps of Engineers has tweaked how it runs Lock and Dam 8 in Genoa, Wis., in hopes of impeding the spread upriver.
Wisconsin targets invasive plants along Mississippi River in cleanup project
Associated Press
June 29, 2017
The effort is a joint venture of the DNR and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in response to public complaints about brush and weeds at campsites.
