by Staff | Nov 24, 2015 | Mississippi River News, Newsletter, Policy, Take Action, Water Quality, Wetlands and Floodplains
As we begin to gather with our friends and family for Thanksgiving, I am reminded that it was a successful harvest that made this tradition possible. I owe many thanks for my Thanksgiving feast to the nation’s farmers, ranchers and foresters that made it all possible;...
by Staff | Dec 11, 2013 | Blog, Field Notes
From the time I was four years old, my father would take me fishing on the Mississippi River. He would frown and say explicit things about the litter left behind by fishermen, partiers and fellow river rats. Then we would pick up after them, that being my first lesson...