Missouri River Relief

 Audio | March 25, 2010

River Relief Radio

Here's a few radio stories and interviews done with Missouri River Relief staff & volunteers.

• Interview with Steve Schnarr, Gloria Attoun & Mike Smith on Jean Ponzi's Earthworms show on KDHX 88.1 in St. Louis. Click here for audio clip (1 hr)»
  
• Interview with Chad Pregracke and Steve Schnarr on Don Marsh's St. Louis on the Air show on KWMU in St. Louis. Click here for archive page» Click here for audio clip (1 hr)» (March 24, 2010)
• Audio story about April 18, 2009 Rocheport Bend Day of Caring aired on KBIA Public Radio in Columbia. Click here for (real media) audio clip»
• Interview with Vicki Richmond and EPA's Larry Shepard on KCUR's Walt Bodine Show in Kansas City. Click here for audio clip»  Click here to download» (Oct. 4, 2007)
  

 Article | June 2, 2009

River Relief Magazine Articles

July 2010 - Missouri Wildlife - "Missouri River Relief:  800 Miles Cleaned Since 1991" by Jeff Barrow, Director of Missouri River Relief. Click Here»

May 2010 - Missouri Conservationist - "I Am Conservation"  by Jim Low, MO Dept. of Conservation. A nice piece about Missouri River Relief, Stream Team 1875. Click Here»

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:

April 2010 - Washington Missourian - "Volunteers Cleanup Missouri River" with photo gallery. Click here» Also, check out a letter to the editor about the event.

September 2009 - Jefferson City News Tribune - "Caretakers of the Mighty Mo." Also includes a staff editorial. Click here (pdf)»

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 | March 5, 2009

Karp's Korner

One of our founders, Jim Karpowicz, is also a documentary producer. His production company is called The Documentary Group.

Every once in a while, he'll put together a special clip for us highlighting a special moment in Missouri River Relief history. Here's a few:

River Camp: The Movie! (2009 - 6:13) - Using a narration from Meredith Ludwig's Compost Pile radio program and music by "Naked Dave" Bandy, this video shows our 2009 River Camp Sandbar Banquet on beautiful California Island in the Manitou Bluffs. Click here to check it out»

Missouri Stream Team 1875 (2009 - 3:27) - Jim produced an award-winning documentary covering the 20th Anniversary of the Missouri Stream Team Program. Here's a clip about Missouri River Relief» Or you can watch the whole show»

Le Flume (2009 - 2:34) - A glimpse at the trash flume we used to clean-up the Mari-Osa Dump in 2009. Click here to check it out»

 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.