Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the valley that the Mississippi River carves through the heart of America, one vital habitat is facing a multitude of threats.

Engineer Seema Bardhipur advances FEMA floodplain compliance through hydrologic modeling, stormwater research and resilient ...

Flooding is the costliest natural disaster, according to environmental economist Katherine Zipp, assistant professor of environmental and resource economics and a faculty member in the Institutes of ...

DE SOTO - At the junction of Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa, there's a place called Reno Bottoms, where the Mississippi River spreads out from its main channel into thousands of acres of tranquil ...

In many states, laws don’t require sellers to disclose that a property is in a flood or wildfire area, leaving homeowners with unexpected damage and losses The house on Weber Hill Road is almost a ...

Another 250 acres of floodplain have been restored along the lower San Joaquin River, this time on the Merced County stretch. The $3.5 million project is in the 2,800-acre Great Valley Grasslands ...