by Staff | Feb 16, 2012 | Agricultural Pollution, Blog
Chipotle is doing its part in working toward a more sustainable kind of living. Their video “Back to the Start” shows the evolution of our food system through one farmer’s adult life. It shows how his small family farm tried to compete with a large industrial...
by Staff | Oct 26, 2011 | Blog, Explore
Local Communities to Benefit from New River Recreation, Nature-Based Economic Development HELENA, ARKANSAS: The first leg of a new Lower Mississippi River Water Trail has been established through the conservation of Buck Island near Helena, Arkansas, thanks to the...
by Staff | Sep 14, 2011 | Blog, Wetlands and Floodplains
The Mississippi River has been called many names: Ol’ Man River, The Big Muddy, Old Blue, and so on. Each of our Big River’s names has something in common. Each of the Mississippi’s names relates to its vastness in size and power or the power of its...
by Staff | Aug 29, 2011 | Agricultural Pollution, Blog
According to two reports released this month by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), it is common to find glyphosate, better known as Roundup, in rain and rivers in the Mississippi River watershed. “Though glyphosate is the mostly widely used herbicide in...
