For the first time, Minnesota will study the health of the state’s entire stretch of the Mississippi River, from its headwaters near Bemidji to the bluff country where it enters Iowa. The Minnesota ...

A missing piece of the Quad-City Botanical Center’s Mississippi River exhibit was formally dedicated Friday as center staff cut a ribbon of plants for the Mississippi’s “headwaters,” including a pond ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. CATHY WURZER: It is 12:24 here on Minnesota Now. Well, the Southeastern US definitely has captured our attention over the last month with the barrage of ...

"Aabijijiwan / Ukeyat yanalleh," which translates to "It Flows Continuously" in Ojibwe and Houma, is a collaborative exhibition by multimedia artists Karen Goulet (Ojibwe) and Monique Verdin (Houma).

MISSISSIPPI HEADWATERS STATE FOREST, Minn. — A battle is shaping up between ATV riders and environmentalists who want the state for the first time to cut off the vehicles’ access to a large state ...

MINNEAPOLIS - Four-wheeler riders could get access to some roads and trails near the headwaters of the Mississippi River under a plan being considered by the state. The draft plan from the Department ...

Intensification of brown color in surface waters has been observed over several decades in many areas. We examined a 64-yr daily record (1947–2010) of visual water color, a measure of chromophoric ...

AITKIN — The Aitkin Land Department requested funding from the Mississippi Headwaters Board to move two campsites at Jacobson campground away from a deteriorating bank of the Mississippi River. The ...

BRAINERD — The Mississippi Headwaters Board approved two projects proposed by the Aitkin Soil & Water Conservation District for a total cost of $6,800, including a survey for invasive buckthorn.