University of Minnesota researchers say using nature instead of concrete is best for controlling Mississippi River flooding in Minnesota and the upper Midwest.

According to the Iowa Environmental Council, fertilizers are one of the main sources of nitrate pollution in the state.

Previous scientific literature stated that GASB can be fed by nutrients, such as nitrates and phosphates, from various sources, including the Congo, Amazon and Mississippi rivers, all of which are ...

The Agriculture Department has rescinded Regional Conservation Partnership Program award offers to several organizations ...

Just off the coast of Louisiana and Texas where the Mississippi River empties, ... He notes that it's difficult to attribute a larger dead zone to just one practice like agricultural runoff, ...

Since 1907, the lake has been maintained mostly by runoff from the surrounding basin, including agricultural runoff and wastewater that flows in but not out, making the Salton Sea more saline than ...

Daniel Brown of South Philly caught a 72-pound flathead catfish in the Schuylkill River near ... They're native to the Mississippi River basin, ... the water that comes out of there is a runoff.

About 25 million people, or 8% of the population of the U.S., live in the Ohio River basin. The river spans 981 miles, starting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and flowing to Cairo, Illinois, where ...

Did you ever step outside and notice rain pouring down at the weirdest times of year—or maybe, wonder why your lawn is ...

Thanks to heavy rainfall in western and central North Dakota and South Dakota, runoff into the upper Missouri River basin was 3.4 million acre-feet (MAF) in May, matching the average level.

Fueled by a late-June weather system that dumped rainfalls more than 600% above normal levels in eastern South Dakota, northeast Nebraska and northwest Iowa, June runoff was 6.6 million acre-feet, ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District announced that the Revised Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the ...