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Army Corps to reduce Missouri River flow to Mississippi

The Army Corps of Engineers will reduce outflow from an upper Missouri River reservoir despite concerns that it will impact shipping on the Mississippi River, the Corps said Tuesday.
The flow from the Gavins Point Dam in South Dakota will decrease from 17,000 to 12,000 on November 23.
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon and [...]

When the Army Corps and marinas collide

Marina operators at Imperial, Missouri on the Mississippi River, blame new rock dikes installed by the Army Corps of Engineers to improve the Mississippi channel for causing siltation at Hoppies Marine Services, owned by Charles and Fern Hopkins. They say the lower water depths created by the silt will cause their operation to [...]

193 mile circumnavigation of St. Louis begins March 17

By 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 [...]

Towboatin’s hard work, especially in winter

(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 [...]

An Epic Voyage – Paddling the Mississippi and beyond

Kayaking 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 [...]

Mississippi quits flowing into breached Mississippi Co. levee

According to the Associated Press in this story from BSD.com, the Army Corps of Engineers said that the Mississippi had finally quit flowing into the breached levee at Birds Point, Missouri.
Earlier in the week, Governor Jay Nixon told the Corps that Missouri was willing to assist financially with the rebuild of the levee. A decision [...]

After most of the water, Mississippi County tries to recover

Here’s a link to a Wall Street Journal story on the aftermath of the openinof the New Madrid Floodway.
Jo is going to see what she can find out about the current status of public lands in the area, and post here if she has any success.
If anyone from the area knows, please contact her [...]

Retired postal worker rescues deer

Cruising the Net this morning, Jo found this story about an 83 year old man, Ben Staurowsky, who went out on Mississippi River ice near Dow, IL, (Jersey County, near St. Louis) to rescue two deer.

“If you can’t beat ‘em, eat ‘em” – silverfin solution?

Group wants to build plant in Grafton, IL on the Mississippi to catch, process, sell silver carp:
Story from the Alton Telegraph.

St. Louis highlighted in Mississippi River Quest tv saga

St. Louis will be highlighted on Nat Geo July 3, on the second of three one-hour shows airing called Mississippi River Quest.

Mississippi River Quest chronicles three men’s six-week, 2,300-mile journey down the mighty Mississippi.  Along the way they learned new things about themselves and the places they visited – including St. Louis.

The three adventurers are [...]