MISSISSIPPI RIVER STATE PARK -- The newest of Arkansas' 52 state parks is a hybrid 550-acre youngster located inside the U.S. Forest Service's 23,000-acre St. Francis National Forest. Along with its ...

Crossing more than a third of the United States, the Mississippi River has been central to the country’s development from the ...

Southeast Louisiana is abnormally dry. The top and bottom of the Mississippi River has had high streamflows this month, but about a quarter of gauges throughout the basin show below-normal flow.

Barges float in the Mississippi River as a portion of the riverbed is exposed, Sept. 15, 2023, in St. Louis. A long stretch of hot, dry weather left the Mississippi River so low that barge companies ...