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...
by Staff | Jun 3, 2015 | Blog, Explore, Guest Blogs, River Culture, River History
Reprinted with permission by Rolando Herts, Ph.D., Director The Delta Center for Culture and Learning and the Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area The Mighty River runs through us all. It binds us, north, south, big and small. The River has made us who we are;...
by Staff | Oct 2, 2014 | Blog, Explore, Field Notes, Guest Blogs, Mississippi Memories
Note: This is the fifth installment of my six-part blog series “River Gator: Exploring the River, Expanding Ourselves,” a recollection of my adventure on the Lower Mississippi River. Ever since I was a girl, I have loved maps, especially when I saw the all-powerful...
by Staff | Aug 19, 2014 | Blog, Guest Blogs, River Culture
Note: This is the fourth installment of my six-part blog series “River Gator: Exploring the River, Expanding Ourselves,” a recollection of my adventure on the Lower Mississippi River. Out on the River, as you paddle, it’s nice to catch a rhythm with your boat mates....
by Staff | Feb 21, 2014 | Blog, Explore, Guest Blogs
Guest Blog by Jordan Hanssen, author, adventurer, speaker & President of OAR Northwest Little did my parents know what developing an appreciation for classics like The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn would inspire in me. Maybe it’s not an...
by Staff | Feb 5, 2014 | Agricultural Pollution, Blog, Guest Blogs
A guest blog from the Mississippi River Network’s Policy Manager Claudia Emken: The Farm Bill is now a reality! It has been a long process, filled with obstacles of all kinds, but at long last the Nation’s agriculture policy is in place for the next five years....
