Joanne Richardson

The muddy deserted streets of flood ravaged Princeville, North Carolina stand in silent testimony to the destruction wrought by the Tar River. Princeville, NC 9/28/99.

FeatureOctober 26, 2016

Princeville and the Environmental Landscape of Race

Our second issue included a feature article which describes a case of river management in 1999 during Hurricane Floyd where water was let out of the Tar River Reservoir, relieving pressure on the city of Rocky Mount and dumping more water …

Oil painting, 'St. Anthony Falls,' done in 1857 by Danish-born landscape artist Ferdinand Reichardt. It shows the Mississippi River, looking upstream toward the gorge and St. Anthony Falls prior to alteration for locks and dams.

FeatureOctober 26, 2016

The Once and Future River: A Present Snapshot

The Mississippi River is a story of interventions. Throughout history, people have relied on the river for water, food, transportation, energy, and recreation. The desire to maximize these ecological services has played out as a series of human interventions …

Biological Sciences Minnesota Science

lizdinovella. Rio Sumpul Mural. 2010. Arcatao, El Salvador. Via Flickr.

In ReviewOctober 26, 2016

Troubled Waters: Rivers in Latin American Imagination

The 2013 Hispanic Issues On Line volume, Troubled Waters: Rivers in Latin American Imagination, is a collection of essays that underscores an intellectual turn in Hispanic and Lusophone Studies toward the environment, and more specifically, the material, metaphysical, and literary “nature” emblematic of rivers that flow south of the Río Grande.

International Literary Studies Research

A truck drives through floodwaters from Hurricane Matthew in Lumberton, N.C., Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016. People were ordered to evacuate, and officials warned that some communities could be cut off by washed out roads or bridge closures.

The PulseOctober 13, 2016

River that gave life to NC town now tears it apart

By Tamara Lush, Allen G. Breed

“The river gave this town its life. Now it has torn the community apart.” The impacts of Hurricane Matthew on river communities in the Carolinas will be felt for weeks, if not longer.

Star Tribune

Engagement Environmental Justice Geography Planning / Policy United States

The PulseSeptember 9, 2016

Joint Statement, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. USAC

By Office of Public Affairs

Department of Justice, Department of Interior, Army Corps of Engineers halt Dakota Access Pipeline, call for reexamination of tribal consultation processes. More background on #NoDAPL at nytimes.com or via your preferred search.

Department of Justice

Engagement Environmental Justice Legal Mississippi River Basin Policy

A close up of a hand holding a mound of soil.

The PulseAugust 3, 2016

Five Bold Ways to Revive the Dead Zone and Rebuild Soils

By Wicked Econ Fest Participants

The Natural Capital Project, a collaboration between academia and international conservation nonprofits, has devised five economic strategies that rebuild soil, reduce the Gulf of Mexico “Dead Zone.”

The Nature Conservancy and Institute on the Environment

Mississippi River Basin Planning / Policy Science

Cover of 'Headwaters Region Guide' by Dean Klinkenberg.

The PulseAugust 3, 2016

Headwaters Region Guide Highlights Life Where the Mississippi River Begins

By Dean Klinkenberg

A guide to the Mississippi River’s uppermost stretch reveals a river that very few people think of when they think “Mississippi River.”

1 Mississippi

Engagement Minnesota Public Programs

A photo of a rushing river, surrounded by trees without leaves.

The PulseAugust 3, 2016

MN adds more than 300 lakes, streams to polluted water list

By Dan Gunderson

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency adds streams and lakes to state “impaired waters” list. Good news: targeted for remedial actions.

MPR

Minnesota Planning / Policy Policy

Detail from Edward Burtynsky (Canadian, b. 1955), Olfusa River #1, Iceland, digital chromogenic print, 2012. © Edward Burtynsky. Image courtesy of Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto; Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York; and Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York.

Teaching and PracticeJuly 28, 2016

Finding Common Ground in Coastal Virginia: The Chrysler Museum Faces the Rising Tides

According to state officials, Coastal Virginia is home to the second largest U.S. population at risk from climate change (second only to the people of New Orleans). Because of the added problem of land subsidence, sea levels along the Virginia coast are rising faster than the global average, with some estimates projecting a relative sea level rise of two to five feet within 100 years.

Arts Engagement United States

Paddling the narrows of Splash Lake from Ensign Lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) in northeast Minnesota, a pristine, yet rugged wilderness established by Congress in 1978. The 1,000,000+ acre BWCAW is enjoyed by some 200,000 visitors annually. Photo by Alex Messenger. Courtesy of Messenger Photography.

GeographiesJuly 28, 2016

What is Clean Water Worth?

Minnesotans are fortunate to live in a land rich in water resources. Clean water is part of our sense of place and cultural identity. Abundant water underpins our agriculture, manufacturing, and tourism industries. In theory, clean water should be incredibly valuable—water is essential to our lives and livelihoods. In practice, clean water is cheap.

Engagement Geography Minnesota