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Tag Archives: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Embracing Mississippi River Tourism
Last week’s announcement by European cruise giant, Viking, sent shivers up the collective spines of tourism offices up and down the Mississippi River. The highly successful river-cruising giant will put two cruise vessels on the Mississippi River in 2017, its … Continue reading
Resolved: Increase National Awareness of Mississippi River For More Engagement
According to “Statistic Brain” an on-line statistics nonprofit, 45 percent of Americans make New Year’s Resolutions and 38 percent absolutely never make them. This year I’ll be one of the 45 percent and I hope I’m one of the eight … Continue reading
Building Capacity for Change on the Mississippi River
The Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative marks real progress toward unified approaches for America’s great waterway. At their second annual meeting in St. Cloud, Minn. in June, the mayors expressed their understanding of and commitment to whole-river approaches to … Continue reading
Posted in Culture and History, Economic, Environment, Future of the Mississippi River
Tagged America's Waterway, EU Water Framework Directive, Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative, National Dialogue for the Future of America's Waterway, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, WWF Keys to Effective River Basin Management
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Great News for the Mississippi River at Mayor’s Meeting
Great News: Over fifty mayors from Mississippi River cities and towns have landed a Memorandum of Common Purpose with the Corps of Engineers. Announcing this on Thursday, June 27 at a St. Cloud, Minn. meeting of Mississippi River Cities and … Continue reading
After the Flood; Engage Public for Future Mississippi River Management
As this anniversary passes and we go back to life on the River as usual – until the next great flood – those wrestling to find integrated management solutions for the Mississippi River Watershed would do well to look beyond the place-based approaches of the past and on to new, tested and effective public engagement tools for authentice citizen input. Continue reading
Who’s Going to Call the Meeting?
When the flood waters recede, – which is going to be slow this time – who will be available to do the hard work of examining and prioritizing the options for a better future plan for Mississippi River flooding? The question is even larger. “Who should make such decisions for the future of the Mississippi River?” Continue reading
Posted in Future of the Mississippi River
Tagged A National Dialogue for the Future of America's Waterway, America's Waterway, AmericaSpeaks, Hydro-Logic, Mississippi Valley traveler, National Great Rivers Research and Education Center, NEMWuppermiss blog, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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What We Might Learn From A Mapmaker
Recently those of us in the 21st century have increased our interest in those early days of photography. One reason is that we’re at a similar turning point with new technology causing us to see things differently. 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
Posted in Future of the Mississippi River
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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t.s.eliot’s Mississippi River Vision Not Far Off
Paul DuBowy, environmental program manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, shared this vision of the Mississippi River from t.s. eliot’s poetry. Continue reading
