by Staff | Jul 28, 2020 | Agricultural Pollution, Blog, Dead Zone, Explore, Flooding, Policy, Water Quality, Wetlands and Floodplains, Wildlife
Success Stories — Dogtooth Bend Restoration Project The Mississippi River Network (MRN) was pleased to host Shelly Morris from The Nature Conservancy (TNC) for a webinar on the Dogtooth Bend Floodplain Restoration project in Southern Illinois. You can watch the...
by Staff | Oct 8, 2019 | OLD PETITION
Expand the Use of Natural Infrastructure on the Mississippi River! 2019 has seen record floods on the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio Rivers and many of their tributaries. These high-water events are a vivid reminder of the role that natural systems can play in flood...
by Staff | Oct 8, 2019 | OLD PETITION
No More Dead Zone – Fully Fund Proven Solutions to Reduce Nutrient Pollution Nutrient pollution in the Mississippi River Basin negatively impacts drinking water for over 20 million people and is fueling the annual Gulf of Mexico Hypoxic ‘Dead Zone’....
by Staff | Oct 7, 2019 | OLD PETITION
ACT NOW TO PROTECT RIVER COMMUNITIES AND WILDLIFE! People and wildlife along the Mississippi River are being jeopardized by construction of enormous structures in the River that raise flood levels and destroy fish habitat. The US Army Corps of Engineers has already...
by Staff | Oct 7, 2019 | OLD PETITION
REPEL THE REPEAL – PROTECT CLEAN WATER The latest attack on clean water and our tributary streams and wetlands is underway. Your support is needed now. Polluters and other opponents are pushing repeal of the 2015 Clean Water Rule as part of a huge assault on basic...
