by Staff | Jul 17, 2019 | Agricultural Pollution, Blog, Dead Zone, Explore, Flooding, Mississippi River News, Policy, Take Action, Water Quality
5 need-to-knows about Mississippi River Nutrient Pollution in 2019 and how you can help Nutrients are essential for life, right? Yes. So, what’s the issue? What do you mean nutrient pollution? Nutrient pollution is what we are seeing in our waterways today. It’s...
by Staff | Jun 21, 2019 | Blog, Explore, Field Notes, Flooding, River Culture, Water Quality, Wetlands and Floodplains, Wildlife
The Sweet Spot It’s June, and the Mississippi River is still unusually high, but here in the Lower Mississsippi, we seemed to be in the sweet spot. ‘The Sweet Spot’ – photo by Tanner Aljets The Missouri River is causing havoc throughout the Eastern Midwest with...
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 | 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 | May 12, 2016 | Blog, Explore, Mississippi Memories, Newsletter
“Moments like this are luminous pearls that shine forever in the heart of every traveler…” ~Gayle Harper Author of “Roadtrip with a Raindrop: 90 Days Along the Mississippi River” Creating Memories on the Mighty Mississippi! May 12, 2016 Dear River...
by Staff | Jun 23, 2015 | Blog, Explore, Guest Blogs, River Culture, Wetlands and Floodplains
Guest Blog By Tim Spitzack An excerpt from the book “Reflections from the Riverfront: Essays on Life in the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area,” published May 1, 2015. It’s a Saturday morning in mid-June and I am quietly floating in my kayak in a Minnesota...
