by Michael | Sep 11, 2024 | Blog, Explore, Field Notes, Guest Blogs, River Citizen Stories, River Culture, River History, Take Action, Uncategorized, Water Quality, Wetlands and Floodplains, Wildlife
When the Waters Return by Mark “River” Peoples ‘When The Waters Return’ is a guest blog written by Mark “River” Peoples. The blog’s photos are used with permission from John Ruskey at Quapaw Canoe Company. Visit island63.com...
by patricklothian | Jul 22, 2022 | Blog, River Citizen Stories
Do we have a historic opportunity to help the River? Here’s what Virginia thinks… I was born and raised smack dab in the middle of the confluences of the Three Great Rivers, the Mississippi, the Illinois, and Missouri. I grew up a creek-walking,...
by patricklothian | Jul 22, 2022 | Blog, River Citizen Stories
Here’s why Dean thinks the natural world of the Mississippi River is in trouble…and what he’s doing about it When I was a college student in La Crosse, Wisconsin, I used to ride my bike down to the Mississippi and sit and think. Sometimes I sat and...
by patricklothian | Jul 22, 2022 | Blog, River Citizen Stories
Why is Victoria concerned about marshes? Growing up in coastal Louisiana, every summer my family would go visit my mother’s homeplace in La Fourche Parish. We would surf fish off the barrier island Grand Isle. The beach there, this wisp of an island, is not like...
