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Read these popular stories from past issues! All copyright Big River MagazineEditorials Editorial: Resilience & Improvisation Guest Editorial: Tim Mason: Defending the Bluffs, Romancing the River Editorial: Replacing an Aging Paradigm Editorial: Dead, Dying and Poison Zones Get Outdoors! Cold-Water Walleyes Nov-Dec 2018 (pdf) By Capt. Ted Peck Chasing Winter Trout Jan-Feb 2018 (pdf) By Todd Franklin See more information. Packing for the Big Paddle Jan-Feb 2018 (pdf) By Ryan Johnson Climbing the River Bluffs March-April 2017 (pdf) Paddling Odysseys of 2016 March-April 2017 (pdf) Paddling Odysseys of 2015 Jan-Feb 2016 (pdf) Roll Me to the River Jan-Feb 2016 The Big Campus: Augsburg's River Semester Nov-Dec 2015. (pdf) The river was a classroom for three months. By Ryan Johnson Making New Wine in an Old River Valley Black Settlers in the Driftless Black people have a history in the Upper Midwest as long as that of Euro-American settlers, and they built communities in rural areas that we now think of as historically White. March-April 2020 By Sara Millhouse Fish Farm Mounds Sept-Oct 2020 By Christine Hall Rivertown Chocolate Shops May-June 2020 By Pamela Eyden Red Wing Marine Museum January-February 2020 By Capt. Bob Deck Havencrest – Indulge in Rococo and Romance at Savanna’s Castle May-June 2019 By Sara Millhouse Building a Bridge Between Muscatine and China January-February 2019 By Emery Styron Richie Swanson, Aghaming Park, and Red-shouldered Hawks: A Walk on Paint Rock March-April 2018 By Brian Gibbs Nature Reawakens at Nahant Marsh July-August 2017 By Emery Styron Restoring Driftless Area Prairies May-June 2017 By Pamela Eyden (also in PDF) Spring Lake - A Legacy Lost and Found Effigy Mounds of the Wisconsin River Valley September-October 2016 Coldwater Cave May-June 2016 Boats University of Minnesota Centennial Showboat Heads Downstream Piloting the American Queen — Like Maneuvering an Elephant in a Bathtub January-February 2019 By Lee Hendrix A Family Tree with Roots in the River — the Suiter family January-February 2018 By Sara Millhouse (pdf)
Boathouses on the Black River Nov-Dec 2017 By John Elliott (pdf) Preparing for a Long River Cruise Jan-Feb 2008 By Capt. Larry Martin (pdf) Bringing an Old Boat Back to Life January-February 2015 By Carl Henry Critters An Uncertain Future for Driftless Trout July-August 2020 By John Lyons Cormorant Wars December 2000, as reprinted in Birds of the Upper Mississippi and Driftless Area By Pamela Eyden (pdf) Skipjack Herring, Ghost Fish of the Upper Mississippi March-April 2019 Wild Turkeys in the Driftless Area September-October 2018 Bears Among Us November-December 2017 By Pamela Eyden (pdf) The Plight of the Bumble Bees May-June 2017 By Joan Schnabel
An Otter Kind of Critter By Roger Lacher Snapper! June 1994 By Roger Lacher Carp -- Queen of the River or Pig with Fins? November 1993 By Pamela Eyden Nature and the Environment Water Quality Shapes The Health of the River By Shawn Giblin, July-August 2018 . The Sex Life of Floodplain Trees March-April 2015 It's early spring, and trees in the flood plain start the process of reproducing. By Pamela Eyden, with special thanks to Carol Jefferson. All copyright Big River Magazine |