Courtesy of Mark Flammang
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Iowa DNR
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources discovered two pallid sturgeon for the first time in the lower Des Moines River earlier this year. The ancient fish is considered one of the rarest and most endangered species in North America.
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As senators from Iowa and Nebraska throw support behind federal legislation that would return land in northwest Iowa to the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, a spokesperson remembers the tribe's former council chair who began the push. -
The pallid sturgeons outlasted dinosaurs, but human changes to the Missouri River nearly wiped out the prehistoric fish. Some experts think the fish’s struggle could signal larger problems on the Big Muddy, especially as climate change accelerates. -
A survey from Waterkeeper Alliance found chemicals known as PFAS were found in surface waters across the United States with particularly high concentrations found in some rivers in the Midwest.
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The state has filed a lawsuit against Sioux City for concealing a three-year scheme to release wastewater into the Missouri River without disinfecting it. -
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers forecasts dry conditions and low-levels of run-off will continue throughout 2022. -
The farmer cooperative that runs the northernmost port along the Missouri River says it’s happy with how the facility has performed in its first shipping season.
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A new facility for barge traffic has opened along the Missouri River in western Iowa.
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Levees protect people, towns, and agriculture from flooding. But two years ago, parts of the Missouri River and its tributaries reached record crests,... -
Farmers along the Missouri River won a mass action federal lawsuit last December against the Army Corps of Engineers for land damages they say are...
