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 | Mar 21, 2019 | Agricultural Pollution, Blog, Policy, River Culture, Take Action, Water Quality, Wetlands and Floodplains
Keep the Connections in the Clean Water Act by Kelly McGinnis, Director of the Mississippi River Network America’s longest river flows for 2300 miles, from Lake Itasca to the Gulf of Mexico. But the Mississippi’s central channel is part of a larger system that...
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 | Jan 22, 2018 | Agricultural Pollution, Blog, Dead Zone, Field Notes, Policy, River Culture, Water Quality, Wetlands and Floodplains
Entitlement and Privilege Entitlement and Privilege Freshwater is the one essential resource that every living thing has to have. No matter what you are, what complexion, what you believe in, where you come from, who you voted for, what you do, how rich, how poor-...
by Staff | Jul 10, 2017 | Blog, Dead Zone, Policy
Mississippi River Mayors Speak Up for Clean Water July 10, 2017 Contact: Brooke Thurau, Mississippi River Network, 312-754-0407 (Chicago) — Seventeen mayors from states along the Mississippi River spoke up today about the need for increased efforts to improve...
by Staff | Jun 30, 2017 | Blog, Mississippi River News, Policy
June 30, 2017 To date, 17 Mississippi River mayors have publicly passed a proclamation declaring the need for increased efforts to improve water quality and reduce flooding impacts. You can read the full proclamation here and below is the letter signed by mayors from...
