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Category Archives: Future of the Mississippi River
We Have to Stop Meeting Like This
So it occurs to me, “How do you start talking about the whole Mississippi River, when so many people are tied up in meetings for parts of the River?” The answer I’ve come up with is… “We have to stop meeting like this.” Continue reading
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Tagged A National Dialogue for the Future of America's Waterway, Add new tag, AmericaSpeaks, National Academies of Science, Nature Conservancy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Mississippi River, Upper Mississippi River Basin Association, Vision for the Mississippi River in Central Minnesota
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Here’s To Your Health, Mississipppi River Basin
Thank you Secretary Vilsack for $320 million to improve the health of the Mississippi River Basin. Continue reading
Reflections on a Confluence
Last week’s Visions of a Sustainable Mississippi River was held at a confluence, at the same time that it was a confluence. Continue reading
Making Mississippi River Sausage
Participants in the Visions of a Sustainable Mississippi River got a taste of sausage making on the second day of the conference. Continue reading
Ever Think of the Mississippi River as an Orphan?
Several speakers the first day of the Visions of a Sustainable Mississippi River Conference used the word “orphan” to describe the Mississippi River. It doesn’t have to be that way. Continue reading
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Tagged America's Waterway, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency, Great Lakes Compact, National Dialogue for the Future of America's Waterway, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Visions of a Sustainable Mississippi River Conference
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Unify the Vision – A Unified Mississippi Will Follow
Many who read this will say the Mississippi River is too vast and too varying to produce a unified vision, but we know from our history that it has often taken a unified vision to rally the kind of support needed to take monumental action. Continue reading
Shared Visions for the Mississippi River
What would it look like if all the residents of the Mississippi River banded together and discussed what they saw in common? Continue reading
