by Mark River Peoples | Jun 24, 2020 | Blog
Birds of Quarantine I sit on my patio in my courtyard sipping on Ginger Mushroom tea anticipating the sunrise to peek over the concrete wall before me. I live downtown and my porch faces the back of a feed and seed store so my sunrise is delayed by a few...
by Michael | Jun 8, 2020 | Agricultural Pollution, Blog, Dead Zone, Water Quality
What’s soil got to do with … rivers? Last month, the Mississippi River Network hosted a webinar for its members and friends featuring Tim Wagner from the Izaak Walton League of America (an MRN member organization) and healthy soils policy and state legislation expert...
by Michael | Jun 4, 2020 | Blog
In Solidarity The Mississippi River Network stands in deep sadness, righteous anger, and solidarity with Black Communities who suffer because of racism and police brutality. Environmental work and racial justice are inexorably linked and in fact are all part of the...
by patricklothian | May 19, 2020 | Blog
A Fantastic Morning in the Marsh Why are wetland areas important? How can soggy, mosquito breeding grounds covered by plants and occasionally standing water have any value unless it is drained and used as farmland or developed? Wetlands in fact provide many benefits!...
by Kristen Mertz | Feb 27, 2020 | Blog
How is Urban Runoff Affecting Your Water Quality? Urban and suburban areas contain buildings, homes, and other impervious (non-porous) surfaces, such as paved roads and parking lots, that do not allow stormwater to absorb into the ground thoroughly. Instead, we rely...
by Michael | Dec 19, 2019 | Agricultural Pollution, Blog, Dead Zone, Explore, Flooding, Mississippi Memories, Podcast, Policy, River Culture, River History, Take Action, Water Quality, Wetlands and Floodplains, Wildlife
1 Mississippi: River Citizen 2019 Highlights Started in 2009, 1 Mississippi is a growing national movement of nearly 20,000 River Citizens- everyday people dedicated to protecting the River by speaking up on its behalf and caring for it in simple ways that make a big...
