Our upper Mississippi River - What to protect, what to fix
A new study takes a look at the river from Lake Itasca to downtown Minneapolis, evaluating pollution, fish and other aquatic life.
- The study finds the Mississippi to be a largely healthy river in its northern reaches, owing largely to forested and wetland landscapes it flows through.
- It then aquires significant problems south of St. Cloud, where tributaries from agricultural and more developed landscapes begin to flow into the Mississippi.
Study contact: Dana Vanderbosch, Manager for Lake and Stream Monitoring, Dana.Vanderbosch@state.mn.us, 651-757-2601
Watersheds that feed the upper Mississippi
These watersheds comprise all the land that drains water towards the upper Mississippi:- Mississippi River – Headwaters
- Leech Lake River
- Crow Wing River
- Pine River
- Long Prairie River
- Mississippi River – Brainerd
- Mississippi River – Grand Rapids
- Redeye River
- Mississippi River – Sartell
- Mississippi River – St. Cloud
- Rum River
- Sauk River
- North Fork Crow River
- South Fork Crow River
- Mississippi River – Twin Cities
Tuesday, January 17, 2017