QuickLinks River Trips -- Big River's links to people taking trips up and down the Mississippi Navigation charts of the Upper Mississippi from the Corps of Engineers- PDF download page USGS Aerial Photographs of the Upper Mississippi Towboat locations in Mississippi River pools and locks
People Writing About the Mississippi Travel Passages by Dean Klinkenberg Pool 14 on the Mississippi River by Kathleen Gibson from LeClaire, Iowa Upper Mississippi River by Steve Johnson, mostly Minnesota The River Landing by Tom Lerczak in Illinois The Captain's Blog - Captain Kevin Stier of the riverboat Twilight The Great Mississippi River Bridge Project on Flickr Mississippi River Gorge Stewards from Friends of the Mississippi in Minneapolis-St. Paul Center for Global Environmental Education (CGEE) - Mississippi Rivers Institute -- Hamline University, Graduate School of Education, St. Paul, Minnesota Waters to the Sea: educational CD-Rom Environmental Education for Kids -- EEK (Wisconsin DNR) Rivers Project - Increasing the Scientific Literacy of High School Students Through Water Study at Southern Illinois University Minnesota's Sharing Environmental Education Knowledge (SEEK) (Minn. Pollution Control Agency) Project Wild environmental education and wildlife-based conservation video River Studies Center, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Mississippi River Gallery, Science Museum of Minnesota National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium, Dubuque, Iowa Winona (Minn.) County Historical Society A Passion for the River: Mayo and the Mississippi, Rochester, Minn. River History Museum, Lansing, Iowa Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Winona, Minn. American Rivers - nonprofit conservation organization dedicated to protecting and restoring America's rivers. Audubon's Upper Mississippi River Initiative Brice Prairie Conservation Association 46-year-old active conservation group, mostly working on Pool 7 of the Upper Mississippi River, the Black River and Lake Onalaska Center for Watershed Protection - non-profit corporation that provides local governments, activists and watershed organizations with the technical tools for protecting streams, lakes and rivers Clean Water Network - alliance of over 1,200 organizations working to strengthen the Clean Water Act Embrace Open Space - Protecting open space in the Twin Cities Friends of the Mississippi River - A citizen organization working to protect and enhance the Mississippi River in the Twin Cities area. Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge Friends Groups Friends of the Upper Mississippi Refuges - An independent organization dedicated to conserving the natural and cultural resources of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge, the Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge and the Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge. Friends of Pool 9 - to conserve the natural and cultural resources within Pool 9 of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge Friends of the Refuge Headwaters The Stewards of the Upper Mississippi River Refuge (formerly Palisades chapter) Mississippi River Wild - La Crosse, Wis., area Great River Greening - A community-based organization that involves volunteers to restore natural areas in the Twin Cities region. International Rivers Network - dedicated to preserving and restoring the world's rivers Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation: Mississippi River Blufflands Protection Living Lands and Waters - Chad Pregracke and his crew help clean up the Mississippi and educate others. Check out this site - lots going on! Midwest Environmental Advocates - environmental law center in Wisconsin, providing legal and technical support to grassroots groups Minnesota Rivers Revitalization, Inc. commited to organizing river cleanup projects from Minneapolis to Wabasha, Minn. Over the past two years MRRI has cleaned up over 72 tons of trash. Mississippi Headwaters Board - river monitoring, student projects, resource Mississippi River Fund A non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the Mississippi National River & Recreation Area in the Twin Cities area. The mission is to strengthen the enduring connection between people and the Mississippi River, and build community support for the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area. Mississippi Valley Conservancy - conserves the diverse landscapes and natural areas of the Coulee Region of western Wisconsin Mississippi Valley Partners - towns on both the Wisconsin and Minnesota sides of Lake Pepin National Audubon Society - environmental news, resources, travel, local chapters, membership information National Eagle Center - Wabasha, Minn., bald eagle interpretive center, with programs, exhibits, observation deck and cage-free eagle viewing room Natural Resources Defense Council - this administration's actions on environmental issues Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility - PEER) River Action - citizen action group in the Quad Cities (Iowa and Illinois) River Alliance of Wisconsin - non-profit, non-partisan group advocates for the protection, enhancement and restoration of Wisconsin rivers and watersheds. River Network - national organization helping groups and communities protect and restore rivers and watersheds The Trust for Public Land - select Minnesota, then click on Twin Cities Mississippi River Program Upper Mississippi Basin Stakeholder Network - information and news about soil and water concerns in the Upper Mississippi Basin Upper Mississippi River Basin Association - regional interstate organization that coordinates river-related programs and policies and works with federal agencies. People and boats up and down the river
Reports, Water Quality, Research
Fish Advisories
Travel in the Upper Mississippi River area
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