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#TBT: River History Found in all Sorts of Places
It probably shouldn’t be surprising, but it is, how many places the Mississippi River’s history shows up. The fantastic, and fun, Open Parks Network site contains over 200,000 images of items relating...
View ArticleMinnesota’s Clean Water Fund: Working Well, but Restoring Water Takes a Long...
In 2008, Minnesota voters passed an amendment to the state constitution establishing a 25 year fund to support the state’s clean water, land, heritage, and parks and trails programs. To date, that...
View Article#TBT: Fifty-five Years Ago, Minnesota Had Few Tools to Respond to River...
There has been a lot written recently about impending changes at the Environmental Protection Agency under the new Presidential administration. A quick look into the entries at the Minnesota...
View ArticleThe Rivers Beneath Our Feet
We generally know that rain runs off the ground into the neighboring river, and that this process takes place somewhere below ground. Maybe we’ve seen the “Don’t Pollute Drains to River” stencils on...
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#TBT: Megalops in the Blufflands Region c. 1900
Today’s image is from the collections at the University of Minnesota Archives. The collection in question concerns the Megalops, a research vessel built in 1899 that allowed scientists from the...
View ArticleWater Advocacy Calendar is Crowded!
A week from today, Tuesday April 19, Twin Cities water advocates will have a busy day! Friends of the Mississippi River is part of a large group of water environment protectors putting forward a Water...
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#TBT: Hidden Falls Park: Maybe Less Hidden in New Plan
A week or so ago, I was pleased to see an article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune that stormwater management at the old Ford plant site could boost water flow over Hidden Falls, an intermittent stream...
View ArticleMarch for Science Should Highlight Indigenous Science
Saturday’s Earth Day March for Science is gaining worldwide attention. Our program has spent considerable energy learning what we can about hydrological sciences over the years and we have noted the...
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“Provocations” issue of Open Rivers journal now online
Open Rivers Issue 6 “Provocations” is now posted and available! Find it at http://openrivers.umn.edu The world of higher education is notoriously siloed. Colleges and universities are divided into...
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#TBT: 1997 “Someone Should Do Something With the Mississippi River”
I hope you will forgive a slightly self-indulgent post this time: the trajectory of project and program work that has become River Life began 20 years ago this month, in May, 1997. In the late 1990s, I...
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