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...
by patricklothian | Jan 28, 2022 | Blog
Three Takeaways from Gulf Hypoxia Task Force Meeting A record number of Mississippi River Network (MRN) members and River Citizens (like you!) attended the December 2021 virtual public meeting of the Gulf Hypoxia Task Force. What is the Gulf Hypoxia Task Force, and...
by patricklothian | Oct 29, 2021 | Blog
Rowing the Mississippi River…in Winter Guest Blog by Iowa River Citizen, Melissa Serenda It was a little before 9am on Valentine’s Day that I passed Lock & Dam Number 19 at Keokuk, and just a bit later that I rowed past the confluence of the Des Moines River...
