Mississippi River’s revenge

GENOA, Wis. – Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge manager Sharonne Baylor’s pontoon boat glides through a riverscape that’s unraveling. “It’s like we’ve pulled a string on a sweater,” the environmental engineer told NOLA.com while traveling the watery border between Minnesota and Wisconsin. “We lose the land, then the habitat, then the fish and the birds.” The Upper Mississippi River national refuge is a 261-mile-long stretch of river girdled in its middle by Lock and Dam 8 near Genoa. It’s one of the first places where river engineering began to show its ugly side. (Source: NOLA.com 06/16/19) Full coverage located on Times Picayune website.