KELLOGG, Minnesota - Standing on the frozen Mississippi River, his back to a few fishers in the distance, Rob Burdis begins to drill a hole into the ice near his feet. Once the drill stops, the only ...
The annual event took place on Jan. 11, 2025 and helped celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. Elliott Beyers, left, helps his daughter Blake ...
Barges wrap around bottomland forest in Pool 10 of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. The 240,000-acre refuge, which includes backwaters off the main river channel, is ...
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Eagles gather on the Black River near where it meets the Mississippi River, Feb. 14, in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The area is part of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge, which ...
Anthony Larson describes himself as a hard-core ice fisher. Living in La Crosse, right next to the Mississippi River, he has the luxury to fulfill that description. Once the river and its backwaters ...
Jeremy King, a DNR water quality technician, measures the ice thickness before taking water quality samples to measure velocity, depth, turbidity in the Mississippi River in Alma, Wisconsin on Feb. 15 ...