Joanne Richardson

PerspectivesDecember 11, 2015

The New Madrid Levee: A New Take on an Enduring Conflict

By Olivia Dorothy, Patrick Nunnally Open Rivers contacted Olivia Dorothy [OD], Associate Director for Mississippi River management at American Rivers. American Rivers is a…

"No Place Like Home": Remembering the Bohemian Flats, Panel One from "Bohemian Flats: One Place, Many Voices,” exhibited at Mill City Museum, Minneapolis, April 30 through November 1, 2015. Image courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society.

In ReviewDecember 11, 2015

“Remembering the Bohemian Flats”: An Exhibit and a Practice of Public Memory

By Laurie Moberg “Remembering the Bohemian Flats: One Place, Many Voices,” exhibited at Mill City Museum, Minneapolis, April 30 through November 1, 2015. From…

Anthropology Engagement Upper Mississippi River

River Life's River Atlas showing the mussel collection.

GeographiesDecember 11, 2015

Mussels: A River Life Atlas Collection

By Joanne Richardson One of the key components of people’s sense of self is a sense of place, which becomes a meaningful precursor for knowing…

Science Upper Mississippi River

Primary SourcesDecember 11, 2015

An Enchanted Landscape: Remembering Historic Swede Hollow

By Stefanie Kowalczyk Tucked away in a glacially carved ravine along Phalen Creek, a tributary of the Mississippi River, just a stone’s throw from the…

Engagement History Upper Mississippi River

Aerial view of the Hernando de Soto Bridge across the Mississippi River between Memphis, Tennessee and West Memphis, Arkansas, USA. The bridge was opened in 1973 and carries six lanes of Interstate 40 across the river. View is from the Arkansas side to the east-southeast across the river to Memphis. Photographer Larry Donald, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

FeatureDecember 10, 2015

Knowing the Mississippi

We asked a diverse group of river people to respond to the prompt “How did you come to know the Mississippi River? What does it mean, to you, to know the Mississippi River?” We present below a few of the responses, in no particular order.

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Mississippi River from overlook on campground road, Great River Bluffs State Park, Minnesota, USA. Photographer McGhiever. Used under Creative Commons license CC BY-SA.

FeatureDecember 10, 2015

Knowing the Mississippi

We asked a diverse group of river people to respond to the prompt “How did you come to know the Mississippi River? What does it mean, to you, to know the Mississippi River?” We present below a few of the responses, in no particular order.

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New Orleans: Mississippi River and Crescent City Connection. Photographer Wally Gobetz. Image used under Creative Commons License CC BY-NC-ND.

FeatureDecember 10, 2015

Knowing the Mississippi

We asked a diverse group of river people to respond to the prompt “How did you come to know the Mississippi River? What does it mean, to you, to know the Mississippi River?” We present below a few of the responses, in no particular order.

Arts History North America Planning / Policy Upper Mississippi River

The Mississippi River north of Minneapolis, where the river has gentle shores, before it enters its only gorge in south Minneapolis.

FeatureDecember 10, 2015

Knowing the Mississippi

We asked a diverse group of river people to respond to the prompt “How did you come to know the Mississippi River? What does it mean, to you, to know the Mississippi River?” We present below a few of the responses, in no particular order.

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The PulseDecember 9, 2015

Collaborations & Systems Change

By Shanai Matteson

Innovate, change systems, start from our subjectivity, these are among the starting points for Shanai Matteson’s recent reflection on how art grounded in place and purpose can transform lives and communities. Shanai is co-director of the Works Progress Studio, much of the work of which directly involves issues pertaining to water.

Works Progress

Arts Engagement Minnesota

Sewer Overflow, Nicollet Island Commission.

The PulseDecember 9, 2015

Most flooding is not in the floodplain

By Olivia Dorothy

In Illinois, a state study shows that most urban flooding occurs outside the FEMA-designated flood zone. This counterintuitive fact arises from historical patterns of building and water infrastructure construction and management, which are designed to move water off land and into (aging and deteriorating) sewer systems as quickly as possible.

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