ShareBy Jo Schaper
Tomorrow morning, when Michael Clark of Big Muddy Adventures, John Ruskey of Quapaw Canoe Company, David Hanson, adventure journalist, and Mark Peoples, a 1Mississippi River Guide intern, put their paddles into the Bourbeuse River at the Union, Missouri boat ramp, after having begun in Washington, MO, and [...]

A day at Tower Rock Conservation Area…a day in nature, can turn into a day full of FUN!

Share (Asst. Ed. note: This story appeared in the February Traveler and is reposted here with permission of the author, Gary L. Arnold. Mr. Arnold worked 3 1/2 years on the Mississippi River, and we thought his story so fascinating it deserved a wider audience.)
By Gary L. Arnold
Missourians and residents of neighboring [...]

ShareWhew! After all the work, the February River Hills Traveler is finally getting out there.
This one is something special, folks, and that’s not hype. We’re kicking off our 40th Anniversary year with some exclusive photos and coverage of the mountain lion trapped near Centerville in Reynolds County on January 5. Writer Doug Smith interviewed [...]

ShareWith the Birds Point Levee being rebuilt on the Mississippi and flood recovery efforts underway in northwest Missouri, Senator Roy Blunt, backed by Senator Claire McCaskill are reevaluating the way the Army Corps of Engineers is spending its money.According to this article on STL Today, Blunt is attempting to transfer $50 million dollars of money [...]

Share Duane King, Ph.D., will present a program on Cherokee removal routes within a 50-mile radius of Trail of Tears State Park near Cape Girardeau on Nov. 12, beginning at 9:30 a.m. This event commemorates November as American Indian Heritage Month.
The Trail of Tears (literally “the trail where they cried” in Cherokee) is [...]

Share(Spoiler alert: this is my commentary. Trav had nothing to do with it. Jo)
I’ve sort of been waiting for this to happen.
Ever since the “Cardinals Go Nuts” crowd adopted Buschy the Rally Squirrel a few weeks ago, I’ve sort of been waiting for this story to surface. Illinois taxidermist Rick Nadeau, who specializes [...]

Share(News release from the governor’s office.)
JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Jay Nixon today committed $2 million in public infrastructure assistance funds to continue work in several places in Mississippi County impacted by the intentional breach of the Birds Point levee by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in May. The funding fulfills a pledge the Governor [...]

ShareKayaking the Mississippi River
Robert Meyer
ISBN 978-1-57087-760-5 200 p. $18.00
Hard Cover
Professional Press. Chapel Hill, NC 2011
Millions of people have dreamed the Huck Finn dream of traveling downriver, on the Mississippi river’s terms, but only a few, like Robert Meyer, St. Louis, have paddled that dream.
In An Epic Voyage, Meyer, 81, recounts [...]

ShareThe water’s gone down some, and it’s not pretty.
Though water has quit flowing through the breached Birds Point levee, and plans are underway for its temporary repair, the Mississippi River remains above flood state at most locations north of Cairo. Bird’s Point itself is one of the exceptions, being one and one [...]