Chinese scientists study Mississippi in great rivers exchange
Beer cans litter the Mississippi River Bank in La Crosse's Riverside Park.PETER THOMSON photo
The rocks along the Mississippi River in Riverside.Erik Daily
Local travel writer and Mississippi River expert Pat Middleton. PETER THOMSON photo
Rep. Ron Kind annouces a new developments on a variety of iniatives he is leading to preserve , and protct and enhance the Mississippi River Basin at Riverside Park with the Mississippi river as a back drop . Dick Riniker photo
Shawn Giblin of the DNR tracks the temperture of the Mississippi River as Logan Middle School students Miranda Johson, and Melinda Scheurich take a water sample from the river. Dick Riniker photo
West Salem High teacher Mike Zwonitzer paddles his Kayak past Riverside Park as he continues down the mississippi River to the gulf of Mexico . Dick Riniker photo
**ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY FEB 11**Byron Clements is seen along the Mississippi River Wednesday, Jan 30, 2008, near Genoa, Wis. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service honored the 76-year-old Clements with its first River Guardian Award for rescuing dozens of people on the Mississippi River over the last 50 years. (AP Photo/Todd Richmond)
Rescue workers search for a missing boater in the Mississippi River near Dresbach.Erik Daily
This silver carp was found in the Mississippi River near La Crosse. DNR photo
A man fishes on the Mississippi River as broken patches of ice float downriver Wednesday afternoon.Erik Daily
Part of the land the Mississippi Valley Conservancy aquired along the Trempealeau River.Dick Riniker photo
Thousands of Trumpet Swans float along a slough off the Mississippi River near Brownsville,MN.Dick Riniker photo
A bridge carrying rush hour traffic over interstate 35W in Minneapolis is shown after it collapsed, sending numerous vehicles into the Mississippi River early Wednesday evening, Aug. 1, 2007. A busy highway bridge that spans the Mississippi River just northeast of Minneapolis collapsed during rush hour Wednesday, sending dozens of cars, tons of concrete and twisted metal crashing into the water. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
Ron Haines heads down the black River to the Mississippi River to continue his trip to New Orleans .Dick Riniker photo
Rescue working start loading into their boats to drag the Mississippi River near Dresbach, Mn. Looking for the missing hunter that diappeared Tuesday night . Dick Riniker photo
Thawing Ice creates an intricate pattern as it breaks apart Wednesday on the surface Mississippi River along downtown La Crosse.PETER THOMSON photo
Part of the land the Mississippi Valley Conservancy aquired along the Trempealeau River.Dick Riniker photo
Randy Turtenwald walks along the Mississippi River Levee at Riverside Park in La Crosse Wednesday when her spoke to members of the Alcohol Oversight Committee about safety ideas for the downtown river front.PETER THOMSON photo
UW-La Crosse freshman Nicholas Kapecki (left) and Jordan Ramsby patrol the Mississippi River front at Riverside Park Friday while volunteering for Operation: River Watch. PETER THOSMON photo
The Barbara B., a tow boat out of the port of St. Louis, has been docked at the site of the Cargill Aghorizon grain elevator on the Main Channel of the Mississippi River for much of the winter. Experts with the Army Cops of Engineers said they are planning to take Ice measurments on Lake Pepen to the north starting February 16 to predict when river navigation might resume. PETER THOMSON photoPETER THOMSON photo
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