Missouri River Relief

 Article | June 2, 2009

River Relief in Rural Missouri Magazine

April 2008 - Rural Missouri Magazine - "River Relief - Removing Refuse Helps One Group Reconnect Citizens with Missouri's Rivers" by Jason Jenkins. About our 2008 Mari-Osa Dump Clean-up on the Osage River. Click Here»

 Article | June 2, 2009

Missouri River Relief Press Clips

Missouri River Relief has been featured in many newspaper articles throughout the basin. Here's a rolling list of some select articles:

June 2009 - Dakota County Star - "Siouxland Missouri River Clean-up June 27" Click here»

April 2009 - Columbia Missourian - "Missouri River Relief volunteers attempt to clean up the river" (with multi-media slideshow) Click Here»

May 2008 - Prairie Fire Newspaper - "Grassroots Boots on the Muddy River" Click Here»

May 2008 - Boonville Daily News - "New Franklin Students Clean Up at Franklin Island" (with photo slideshow) Click Here»

August 2007 - St. Louis Suburban Journals - "Pokin Around: Mission Possible - Commando Volunteers Help Clean up Missouri River" (an awesome personal column about volunteering at a clean-up in St. Charles, MO) Click Here»

 Video | March 13, 2009

Missouri Outdoors

Missouri River Relief has been featured many times on Missouri Outdoors, the now-cancelled public TV show produced by the Missouri Department of Conservation. Here's links to our past features:

2006 - "Tracking the Trash" a peek at our 754 mile MegaScout Trash Survey. Click here»

2002 - "Missouri River Relief" some footage of our earliest clean-ups with Living Lands and Waters. Click here»

2004 - "A Day at the River" a peek into one of our largest Watershed Festivals. Click here»

 Video | March 10, 2009

The Price of Water - Missouri River Relief Segment

This segment is from a great documentary produced by Nebraska Public TV about restoration of water supplies. This segment covers our first Omaha/Council Bluffs Missouri River Clean-up in 2006. Click here for their webpage»

Or view the Missouri River Relief segment hosted on Vimeo and posted here.

 Video | April 22, 2008

Patagonia MegaScout Video

Outdoor clothing company Patagonia was one of the sponsors for our 2006 MegaScout 754 mile trash survey of the Big Muddy. Now they've posted a fantastic film about the trip, produced by MRR crewmembers Charlotte Overby and Jim Karpowicz. Check out the video on the Patagonia Blog, The Cleanest Line.

 Video | March 1, 2008

KOMU Covers the Mari-Osa Dump Clean-Up

Columbia, Mo. TV station, KOMU, ran a story about the 2008 Mari-Osa clean-up. You can read the story and watch the video on KOMU.com.