• Enjoying the Mississippi River

    Mississippi

    National River & Recreation Area Minnesota

Nationwide Rivers Inventory

Nationwide Rivers Inventory
On August 2, 1979, President Jimmy Carter signed a Presidential Directive relating to rivers on the Nationwide Inventory of rivers with potential Wild and Scenic Rivers qualities. Fort Snelling lies along a portion of the Mississippi River included in the inventory. The Presidential Directive stresses that federal agencies, “to the extent of the agency’s authority,” protect and preserve the historical, cultural and natural resources associated with rivers on the inventory.

Did You Know?

A barge going underneath a bridge.

Sixty percent of all grain exported from the United States is transported and shipped on the Mississippi River.