Dwindling Sightings of Homo Sapien Reformo Navigatio on Our Rivers
This post is by Brad Walker, Missouri Coalition for the Environment Our Upper Mississippi River landscape is replete with threatened and endangered species. This article is going to introduce you to...
View ArticleRestoring the Upper Mississippi River: Going beyond wilderness and wildlife
By Elliot Brinkman, Habitat Conservation Specialist, Prairie Rivers Network When thinking about the Upper Mississippi River’s past, we are often met with visions of natural bounty: of floodplain...
View ArticleProtecting People and Wildlife
By Melissa Samet, Senior Water Resources Counsel, National Wildlife Federation While operations and maintenance (or O&M) might not sound like something to be concerned about, it absolutely is....
View ArticleRolling on the River with the RRAT
Water Protection Network Manager, Marisa Escudero reflects on the difficulties balancing flood protection, ecosystem restoration, and navigation demands on the Mississippi River while aboard the U.S....
View ArticleGiving thanks
By Ken Lubinski, Retired, US Geological Survey Like many wannabe biologists, as an undergraduate my vague job dream was to be able to spend most of my time “in the field”. I always seemed to come home...
View Article2017 Civil Engineer’s Report Card Fraught with Errors
By Brad Walker, Missouri Coalition for the Environment The 2017 Infrastructure Report Card was recently released by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and a cursory review leaves me to...
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