Big Muddy Speaker Series

November 8, 2022

Watershed Cairns: Marking the Missouri River with Art

For the November Big Muddy Speaker Series, Reuter showed some images from her 2017-2018 journey tracing the Missouri River.

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October 11, 2022

Crossing the Red Sea, St. Louis and the Exodus of 1879

For the October Big Muddy Speaker Series, Professor Bryan Jack discussed the journey of the ‘Exodusters” through Saint Louis and beyond.

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September 13, 2022

Introduction to Paddling Our Backyard River

Presentation by Linda Coffman Link to view the presentation on YouTube coming soon. Hosted by Missouri River Relief  We joined avid paddler Linda Coffman on September 13th for a Missouri River paddling introduction. Her goal throughout this presentation was to make our shared backyard river more welcoming for recreation enthusiasts. This presentation covered appropriate watercraft and […]

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August 9, 2022

The Clean Water Act is 50! Let’s Make it Even Better

Presentation by Missouri Confluence Waterkeeper Rachel Bartels and Great Rivers Environmental Law Center Staff Attorney Bob Menees

Rachel Bartels and and Bob Menees of Missouri Confluence Waterkeeper share the history of the Clean Water Act.

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June 14, 2022

Art and History: The Journey of a Missouri New Regionalist

Presentation by Artist Bryan Haynes

Join artist Bryan Haynes for a discussion about his works and the formation of the Missouri New Regionalism art movement.

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May 17, 2022

The Day the River Turned Red: evaluating the performance of a restoration project in the Missouri River

Presentation by Research Engineer Brandon Sansom, USGS

Join USGS Research Engineer Brandon Sansom as he discusses how USGS uses dye experiments to better understand complex flow patterns in the Missouri River.

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April 12, 2022

The Jackson Family’s MR340 Adventures

Claire and Steve Jackson shared their MR340 adventures on and off the river, an paddling race that spans the state of Missouri.

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March 8, 2022

The Big Muddy Clean Sweep: Living on the River, for the River

Missouri River Relief’s very own Alyssa Thomas shared the story of the Big Muddy Clean Sweep for March 2022’s presentation.

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February 8, 2022

Steamboat Disasters of the Lower Missouri River

Online Presentation by Historian and Author James Erwin

February 8th we were joined by author James Erwin to discuss the impressive engineering and fragile nature of steamboat travel on the Lower Missouri River.

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January 11, 2022

Missouri DNR Works for Healthy Rivers

Online Presentation by Kansas City Regional Director Karen Rouse and Water Protection Director Chris Wieberg, Mo. Dept. of Natural Resources

We were joined by two directors at the Mo. Dept. of Natural Resources who discussed couple of ongoing programs that the Mo. Dept. of Natural Resources is involved in that work to solve issues faced by the Missouri River and the larger Mississippi River Watershed.

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