by Staff | Mar 17, 2017 | Agricultural Pollution, Blog, Explore, Plastic Pollution, Water Quality
Every time I’ve thrown my laptop in my backpack and set off for the Mississippi sunset to put a couple words down, I instead end up with the same blank screen and a green, Missouri Stream Teams bag full of mostly Styrofoam, jugs, broken glass, and the occasional...
by Staff | Feb 14, 2017 | Blog
Last November, as part of our canoe trip down the Mississippi River from Memphis to the Gulf of Mexico, I was in Vicksburg, Mississippi with Cody Presny and Haley Brasile of Amongst the Current and my paddling partner, Bito Beitzel. My friend, Jerico LeFort, is a...
by Staff | Dec 21, 2016 | Blog
Bummer. Grassroots Grocery would not open for another hour, yet I had told the paddlers I would grab sandwiches and local fruit before meeting them. I called to see if the new manager was at the store yet. SHE WAS! After a breezy stop by the cozy co-op, I proceeded...
by Staff | Sep 8, 2016 | Blog
Do you know that the largest maritime disaster in the United States occurred on the Mississippi River? It is estimated that 1,800 of the Sultana’s 2,400 passengers died when the side-wheel steamboat sank on April 27th, 1865. The U.S. government had contracted...
by Staff | Jul 15, 2016 | Guest Blogs
Guest blog submitted by Dean Klinkenberg The first time I visited Itasca State Park, where the Mississippi spills gently out of Lake Itasca, the park was covered in a foot-and-a-half of snow and most of the lake was frozen. It was late January, and I wanted to get an...
