by patricklothian | Jul 22, 2022 | Blog, River Citizen Stories
Do we have a historic opportunity to help the River? Here’s what Virginia thinks… I was born and raised smack dab in the middle of the confluences of the Three Great Rivers, the Mississippi, the Illinois, and Missouri. I grew up a creek-walking,...
by patricklothian | Jul 22, 2022 | Blog, River Citizen Stories
Here’s why Dean thinks the natural world of the Mississippi River is in trouble…and what he’s doing about it When I was a college student in La Crosse, Wisconsin, I used to ride my bike down to the Mississippi and sit and think. Sometimes I sat and...
by patricklothian | Jul 22, 2022 | Blog, River Citizen Stories
Why is Victoria concerned about marshes? Growing up in coastal Louisiana, every summer my family would go visit my mother’s homeplace in La Fourche Parish. We would surf fish off the barrier island Grand Isle. The beach there, this wisp of an island, is not like...
by patricklothian | Mar 31, 2022 | Blog
Three Critical Things We Told Congress That the Mississippi River Needs BY: Maisah Khan, Policy Director, Mississippi River Network & Alicia Vasto, Water Program Associate Director, Iowa Environmental Council It’s that time of year again! Mississippi River Network...
by patricklothian | Feb 25, 2022 | Beavers, Blog, Climate Change, Wetlands and Floodplains
Beavers, Wetlands & Climate Change Two baby beavers, watercolor John Ruskey Momma teaches baby beavers, watercolor John Ruskey I sit upon an island bluff of sand in a forest of willows watching the sunset on Montezuma Island. The top of the island is to the left...
by patricklothian | Feb 3, 2022 | Blog
How to Garden for our Rivers with Master Gardener, Maisah Do you find yourself dreaming of the garden on the coldest days of winter? I do. Planning and scheming for this year’s growing season is one of my favorite winter activities. As a Master Gardener, I am always...
