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The Little Tow-Watcher's Guide Ready to help you chart the towboats you see up and down the river, this guide includes maps, fun facts and a list of towboats that frequent the Upper Mississippi. Record your towboat sightings and see how many you can list. Softcover, 2002, 64 pages. $8.95 plus $2.00 shipping.

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July-August 2005 Highlights and Links

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A Fishing Way of Life
The river and the market have changed, but the work has not.

Looking Beneath the Surface: River Fish
Ever looked a catfish in the eye? Here’s your chance.

Lansing's River History Museum
All about commercial fishing, clamming and more.

Digging Ancient River History
Floating Pastures.

Should We Change Our River?
The Comprehensive Plan for the Upper Mississippi River Refuge could change how we use the river for the next 15 years.