Mississippi River Resources

River Groups

More links

Blogs about the River

Federal Sites

State Agencies

Army Corps of Engineers

Education

Museums

Traveling in the Upper Mississippi River area

People and boats

Publications

Reports and Research

Shipping

Urban Riverfront Development

Wildlife

Recreation

 

 


Nonprofits on the river

We've featured several nonprofit groups working on the river in Big River Magazine. Here are links to their websites, and many others as well.

Conservation Foundations and Land Trusts

Mississippi Valley Conservancy

Minnesota Land Trust

Trust for Public Land

Wisconsin Gathering Waters Conservancy

West Wisconsin Land Trust

Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation

Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation (Ilinois)

Natural Land Institute (N. Illinois)

Great Rivers Land Trust (Illinois)

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

Mississippi River Wild - La Crosse, Wis., area

The Stewards of the Upper Mississippi River Refuge (formerly Palisades chapter)

Sierra Clubs

North Star (Twin Cities)

Coulee Region (La Crosse, Wis., area)

White Pine Group (Dubuque)

Eagle View Group (Northwest Illinois and Eastern Iowa)

Ilinois Chapter

Audubon groups

Minnesota Coulee Region (La Crosse, Wis.)
Minneapolis Dubuque
St. Paul Quad Cities
Rochester, Minn.

Audubon's Upper Mississippi River Initiative

The Nature Conservancy and the Upper Mississippi

Minnesota   Iowa   Illinois

Izaak Walton League

Minnesota - Gopher State Chapter

Walter J. Breckenridge Chapter - Brooklyn Park

Will Dilg - Winona

Also Red Wing and Wabasha chapters

Clinton County, Iowa

And more…

Brice Prairie Conservation Association46-year-old conservation group, mostly working on Pool 7 of the Upper Mississippi River, the Black River and Lake Onalaska

Friends of the Mississippi River   A citizen organization working to protect and enhance the Mississippi River in the Twin Cities area.

Great River Greening   Volunteers restore natural areas in the Twin Cities region.

Living Lands & Waters   Chad Pregracke and his crew help clean up the Mississippi and educate others. Check out this site - lots going on!

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 River Revival   River cleanups

River Action Citizen action group in the Quad Cities (Iowa and Illinois)

The Conservation Fund-The Mississippi River Revolving Fund

Prairie Smoke Chapter of the Prairie Enthusiasts - SE Minnesota, Weaver Dunes

Mississippi River Network a coalition of 30 non-profit organizations, funded by the McKnight Foundation

Mississippi Headwaters Board - river monitoring, student projects, resource

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.

National Organizations and more River Groups

American Rivers - nonprofit conservation organization dedicated to protecting and restoring America's rivers.

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

International Rivers Network - dedicated to preserving and restoring the world's rivers

Midwest Environmental Advocates - environmental law center in Wisconsin, providing legal and technical support to grassroots groups

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 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

Teaming With Wildlife

Friends of the Chicago River

 

Do you know of any links that we could add? Or looking for something you can't find? Let us know. Thanks! (Be sure to check other link categories in the left-hand column on this page.)

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