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Above-average temperatures across the upper Midwest made for less than one month of safe ice on the Mississippi River, scientists estimate.

The upper Mississippi River as it snakes along Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa typically freezes during the coldest months of the year.

Anthony Larson describes himself as a hard-core ice fisher.

The St. Paul Engineer District announced that it has canceled the annual Lake Pepin ice surveys this year due to unusually warm weather.

Historic low flows turned the Mississippi River into a construction area in 2023 as the Army Corps of Engineers dredged huge quantities of sand to keep the channel open.

Historic low flows turned the Mississippi River into a construction area in 2023, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredged huge quantities of sand to keep the channel open for barge traffic. Massive machines like the Dredge Goetz, a 225-foot-long vessel with a suction pipe nearly two feet wide, were moving through the river constantly to keep it clear.

Historic low flows turned the Mississippi River into a construction area in 2023 as the Army Corps of Engineers dredged huge quantities of sand to keep the channel open.

In 2023 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredged huge quantities of sand to keep the Mississippi River open for barge traffic.

For the second year in a row, drought conditions are thinning out the depth and width of the Mighty Mississippi River, raising the price to ship goods in the river.

A lack of downriver flooding is helping upriver water recede at a quick pace.