Research shows that across the globe, rivers that freeze are freezing later and melting earlier, and that includes the ...

Each February, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers starts sending crews out onto the frozen Mississippi River at Lake Pepin to ...

That's especially true for Lake Pepin, the largest lake on the Mississippi River. Located between Wisconsin and Minnesota, this natural widening of the river forms a massive body of water that's a ...

(John Doman / Pioneer Press) Wondering how long the Mississippi River is? Or how much water ... s shipping channel is about 2 miles — in Lake Pepin, on the border of Minnesota and Wisconsin.

The following is a press release from the Minnesota River Watershed Alliance: By Scott Kudelka Each of us has a direct impact on others, especially those who live downstream from us. Living in the ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will start its annual Lake Pepin ice measurements ... naturally occurring part of the Mississippi River. Located between the Minnesota cities ...

Navigation statistics fluctuate from year to year, depending on the weather, river flows, and the length of the navigation season. The St. Paul District maintains a nine-foot navigation channel from ...

and that includes the Mississippi. Its longest record of ice cover comes from Lake Pepin, a reservoir of the river that stretches 21 miles between Reads Landing and Red Wing, Minnesota.