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QuickLinks
River Trips -- Big River's links to
people taking trips up and down the Mississippi
Fish Consumption Advisories- state and EPA sites
Navigation
charts of the Upper Mississippi from the Corps of Engineers-
PDF download page
USGS
Aerial Photographs of the Upper Mississippi
Towboats in pools and locks on the Mississippi River
Blogs about the Mississippi
River Talk by Pat Nunnally, of U of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment. Perspectives on creating sustainable urban riverfronts in the 21st century.
Mississippi River Traveler 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
John A. Weeks III - Bridges of the Mississippi
Mississippi
River Gorge Stewards from Friends of the Mississippi in
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Education
U of Minnesota Institute on the Environment
Environmental
Education for Kids -- EEK (Wisconsin DNR)
Rivers Project -
Increasing the Scientific Literacy of High School Students Through Water
Study at Southern Illinois University
Project Wild environmental education and wildlife-based conservation video
River
Studies Center, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
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Museums
Mississippi River Gallery, Science Museum of Minnesota
National
Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium, Dubuque, Iowa
Winona (Minn.) County Historical Society
River
History Museum, Lansing, Iowa
Minnesota
Marine Art Museum,
Winona, Minn.
John
Deere Pavilion
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People and boats up and down the river
Larsh Bristol Photography
Big River's list of websites
and blogs about people's trips up and down
the Mississippi
John Hartford
Chad Pregracke's River Cleanup - Living Lands and Waters
The
Floating Neutrinos -- the
Mississippi
River trip log
steamboats.org -
message board, information
Charlie
Maguire the Singing Ranger
lyrics to his
song Rivertown
Julia Belle Swain pretty
paddlewheel out of La Crosse,
Wis., no longer cruising
Antique Outboard Motor Club
Compass Locker --
Resource for towboat paraphernalia, gifts and collectibles
Mississippi Explorer Cruises Cruising
from the Ports of Lansing, Iowa; Prairie Du
Chien, Wis.; Galena, Ill.
Publications
Born
by the River: People of the Mississippi River
Towns, Ron
Merchant, photographer
A
River That Works and a Working River (pdf)
by the Upper Mississippi River Conservation Committee
and the Audubon Upper Mississippi River Campaign
Waters
to the Sea: educational CD-Rom from the Center for Global Environmental Education
Discover! America's
Great River Road by Pat Middleton
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Recreation
Mississippi River
Trail - bicycling the river
Rock
Island, Ill., Army Corps recreation sites
Friends of Wyalusing
State Park
OnWater- supplies, safety information, classified ads
American Canoe Association -
advocate for responsible enjoyment of paddlesports
Carbon
monoxide on houseboats
Trempealeau
Hotel - Take a step back into the relaxing atmosphere
of a small Wisconsin river town.
Dubuque 365 What's happening in Dubuque
Canoe Routes and Maps of the Upper Mississippi:
Mississippi River Recreational Boating Guide (Iowa DNR)
Minn DNR canoe routes info
Minn
DNR map resources
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Federal Sites
Upper
Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge (Upper Miss)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service
Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge
Mississippi National River and Recreation Area
Effigy
Mounds National Monument
Thomas -
Library of Congress site to keep track of legislative bills
Army Corps of Engineers
Army Corps of Engineers-Rock Island District -
contacts, Mississippi River Project, Water Control Center
Army Corps
of Engineers-St. Paul District
Navigation
charts of the Upper Mississippi from the Corps of Engineers- PDF download
page
Towboats in pools and locks on the Mississippi River
Towboat
location by boat name or number
Upper
Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Navigation Study - now the
Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP)
Reports, Water Quality, Research
The
Mighty Mississippi by Dan McGuiness (pdf)
Upper Mississippi
River Water Level Management Program (drawdowns)
Pool
8 Drawdown (Minnesota Public Radio)
Water Quality: Permitting
and Compliance Monitoring
USGS
- Hypoxia
USGS Publications on Nutrients in the Mississippi River Basin and Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico
Upper
Midwest Environmental Sciences Center -
biological data on the Upper Mississippi
River system
Scientific
Assessment and Strategy Team (SAST) -
environmental information system for the
Upper Mississippi and Missouri River basins
USGS
Water Science Center, Minnesota
Fish Advisories
Wisconsin fish consumption advisory
Minnesota fish consumption advisory
Iowa fish
consumption advisory
EPA Fish Consumption Advisories
Shipping on the River
Army
Corps of Engineers
New
Upper Mississippi Navigation Charts
Towboat
locations in pools and locks
Army Corps of Engineers-Rock
Island District - contacts, Mississippi River Project, Water Control Center
Army Corps of Engineers - St. Paul District
Upper
Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Navigation
Study (now the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program)
contacts, meetings, announcements, reports
Navigation
Information Connection - vessel location, lock and river conditions
National
Rivers Hall of Fame
David Estrada, Towboat Captain
Waterways Council
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Wildlife
Field guide to Freshwater Mussels of the Midwest -
great mussel resource suggested by Marian Havlik of La Crosse, Wis., "the
mussel lady."
National Wildlife Health Center - mortality reports, dieoffs, animal welfare, NBS links
Fish and Fishing
Alien Invaders
Sea
Grant Nonindigenous Species Site - Resources and pictures
of zebra mussels, round gobies, Eurasian ruffe, spiny waterfleas
Frogs
A
Thousand Friends of Frogs
The Froggy Page
Reporting center for amphibians malformations
Birds
Alma
Tundra Swan Site
Army
Corps Eagle Watches (Rock Island District)
Richie Swanson: Breeding Bird Census in an Upper Miss floodplain forest
Minnesota Ornithologist's Union
National
Eagle Center -- Wabasha, Minnesota
Raptor
Resource Project - Peregrine
Falcon recovery on the Mississippi
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