by Staff | Mar 21, 2019 | Agricultural Pollution, Blog, Policy, River Culture, Take Action, Water Quality, Wetlands and Floodplains
Keep the Connections in the Clean Water Act by Kelly McGinnis, Director of the Mississippi River Network America’s longest river flows for 2300 miles, from Lake Itasca to the Gulf of Mexico. But the Mississippi’s central channel is part of a larger system that...
by Staff | Feb 4, 2019 | Blog, Plastic Pollution, River Culture, Take Action, Water Quality, Wetlands and Floodplains, Wildlife
Caught in an Eddy by Mark River – 1 Mississippi Southern Outreach Assistiant My daily life as a steward of the Mississippi River rewards my knowledge of wild natural things while being moved by the healing powers that exist in water. The sound, feel, smell, and taste...
by Staff | Apr 27, 2018 | Blog, Explore, Field Notes, Flooding, Mississippi River News, Policy, Take Action, Wetlands and Floodplains, Wildlife
AR/MS/LA- Sunflower River Paddle Sunflower River Paddle It’s an early Spring morning as I launch my Grumnan canoe below the bridge at Lee Drive. A local friend drives by slowly, examining my intentions, while showing off his bounty of the day a turkey in his truck...
by Staff | Apr 27, 2018 | Blog, Field Notes, River Culture, River History, Wetlands and Floodplains
AR/MS/LA- High Water Spring High Water Spring Spring time in the Delta is a beautifulThe Mississippi River and all its distributaries and tributaries are swollen into there floodplains replenishing wetlands and estuaries, creating the perfect ecosystems for the...
by Staff | Jan 22, 2018 | Agricultural Pollution, Blog, Dead Zone, Field Notes, Policy, River Culture, Water Quality, Wetlands and Floodplains
Entitlement and Privilege Entitlement and Privilege Freshwater is the one essential resource that every living thing has to have. No matter what you are, what complexion, what you believe in, where you come from, who you voted for, what you do, how rich, how poor-...
by Staff | May 27, 2016 | Blog, Policy, Water Quality, Wetlands and Floodplains
Enjoying life along the Mississippi River is as much about land as it is about water. Creating a healthier Mississippi River depends as much on finding common ground as it does about working with the flow of events. Over two-thirds of people living in counties along...