River Updates
August 23, 2011
2011 Equipment Wish List
There are several ways you can get involved and make a difference to help Missouri River Relief as we celebrate our 10 Year Anniversary. We have an ambitious year planned, so every little bit helps! In addition to becoming a sponsor, giving through your workplace using Earthshare, and lending your volunteer muscle, River Relief kindly accepts in-kind donations of food and supplies like clean-up tools, trucks, boats & trailers to supplement our current fleet. Check out our full equipment wish list here!
August 18, 2011
Big Muddy Speaker Series - Kansas City
The Big Muddy Speaker Series is a monthly series of presentations on Missouri River ecology, history, biology and more by experts in their field. There are two separate series, in Rocheport and Kansas City.
The Kansas City series is held at 7:00 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month at Hickok's Grill in the Kansas City River Market District. Click here for the next presentation and directions»
Click here for more info and a list of upcoming presentations»
August 18, 2011
Big Muddy Speaker Series - Rocheport
The Big Muddy Speaker Series is a monthly series of presentations on Missouri River ecology, history, biology and more by experts in their field. There are two separate series, in Rocheport and Kansas City.
The Rocheport series is held the second Tuesday of every month in the lower floor of the Les Bourgeois Bistro in Rocheport.
August 9, 2011
Sept. 8 Big Muddy Speaker Series - Kansas City
June 12, near Blair, NE - photo by Lee Valley Auctions. See all of their aerial photos of the flood at www.leevalley.net
"Floods and Mud - Challenges to Managing the Missouri River"
presentation by Robert Jacobson, Ph.D, USGS
Together with our partners, we're kicking off a new location for the Big Muddy Speaker Series in Kansas City on Thursday, September 8. Robert Jacobson, Ph.D, a hydrologist with the US Geological Survey (USGS), will give a presentation called "Floods & Mud - Challenges to Managing the Missouri River".
The monthly Big Muddy Speaker Series has been going for over 3 years in the Rocheport, MO, area, bringing experts to an informal location for in-depth presentations on a wide variety of Missouri River topics. Now, in addition to the Rocheport location, the Big Muddy Speaker Series will have a monthly presentation in Kansas City. This first presentation will be at the Farmhouse Restaurant in the City Market area.
7:00 p.m. - Thurs. Sept. 8, 2011
The Farmhouse Restaurant
300 Delaware St. - Kansas City, MO
(directions below)
Presentation is FREE! Click here for flier (pdf)
Come early for dinner and drinks at this great local establishment!
July 18, 2011
2011 Mid-Year Results
• 1000 Students & Teachers • 600 Volunteers • 31 Rivermiles
• 21 Tons of Trash • 7 Big Muddy Speakers Series •
• 9 Educational Booths • 3 Watershed Festivals •
• 1 Wild & Scenic Film Festival • 1 Aerial Trash Scout •
These are just a few of Missouri River Relief's accomplishments from throughout the year. As we celebrate River Relief's 10th Anniversary this year, despite major flooding, we have been packing it in! Jump on board as we continue the journey, working on 10 years of good, clean trashy fun!
Announcements
Wild & Scenic Film Festival 2012
Kick those winter blahs in the pants and join Missouri River Relief for a showing of select films from the traveling Wild & Scenic Film Festival. The festival will be at The Blue Note in Columbia, MO, on Saturday, Feb. 11.
The event is sponsored by Missouri River Relief, The Blue Note , the Alpine Shop and several national sponsors listed on the right.
We're excited to bring some of the coolest environmental documentaries to Columbia for cozy afternoon! It's a fundraiser and friendraiser for Missouri Relief, and we hope an inspiration to everyone that joins us.
Click here to RSVP on Facebook, then invite your friends!
Click here for the flier (pdf)»
Film lineup below...
Big Muddy Clean Sweep
Sept. 10 to Oct. 29, 2011
Kansas City, Cooper's Landing, Jefferson City, Mokane, Hermann, New Haven, Washington, St. Charles, St. Louis
The Big Muddy Clean Sweep was a success! Thanks to everyone that made it happen, from our generous sponsors and partners to many volunteers to hardworking crew!
The Big Muddy Clean Sweep was the keystone event of our 10th year cleaning up the Missouri River. We chartered a barge to stop in communities along the river for clean-ups, river education and celebration!
Thank you to everyone who made it happen! 1473 volunteers removed over 60 tons of trash from the Missouri River this fall. Keep checking in on this page as we update with more results, photos and stories.
Click here for the Big Muddy Clean Sweep homepage. Check out our River Notes Blog and photos on Flickr or like Missouri River Relief's facebook page for the latest updates.
Big Muddy Speaker Series
The Big Muddy Speaker Series is now being held in two locations, Rocheport and Kansas City. The free monthly presentations bring experts to discuss Missouri River issues, biology, hydrology, history and more.
Kansas City Series - More Info»
Schnucks Shoppers!
Pick up an eScrip Community Card at Schnucks today!
Schnucks will contribute up to 3% of your purchases to Missouri River Relief everytime you shop and swipe your card.
Signing up is simple! Click here for more info.
Big River Clean-up Manual
Missouri River Relief is proud to release our Big River Clean-up Manual, a collaborative effort to put down the lessons we've learned about organizing river clean-ups to share with others.
The project was supported by a grant from the National Park Service in cooperation with the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation.
Click here for more info on the manual»
Click here to download a pdf version of the manual (5.8 MB).
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