There are 2 article(s) tagged Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk:

• September 2025

  • Paddling the length of the Mississippi River is a grand adventure

    “The big alligators will swim about 20 yards from you, parallel to you, and they’ll stay right next to you for about half a mile,” said one paddler. “What they’re trying to do is figure out who’s bigger — you in the kayak, or them.”

    By Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk 3 hours ago

• June 2025

  • Mississippi River loses most of its ‘white gold’ before reaching Gulf

    Sand, silt and clay is essential to rebuilding — or, at this point, maintaining — the fragile coastline that has been receding for decades. But less than 10% of the Mississippi River’s sediment reaches the critical Bird’s Foot Delta. 

    By Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk June 02, 2025