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May-June 2017
Highlights from Past Issues
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May-June 2017
Table of Contents  River News
Restoring Driftless Area Prairies
PDF of story
Explore a Driftless Area Prairie
• Bluff prairies:
Nelson Dewey State Park, Cassville, Wis.
Perrot State Park, Trempealeau, Wis.
Falling Down Prairie (Illinois DNR), Hanover, Ill.
• Dry prairies:
Weaver Dunes Scientific and Natural Area, Kellogg, Minn.
Hogback Prairie State Natural Area, north of Steuben, Wis.
Holland Sand Prairie State Natural Area, Holmen, Wis.
Grey Cloud Dunes Scientific and Natural Area, Cottage Grove, Minn.
Lost Valley Prairie Scientific and Natural Area, Hastings, Minn.
Lost Mound Unit of Savanna Army Depot (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service), Savanna, Ill. The largest remnant sand prairie in the state.
• Oak savannas:
Merrick State Park, Fountain City, Wis.
Hanley Savanna (FB), Hanover, Ill.
Savanna Springs Nature Area, Chatfield, Minn.
Lower Chippewa River State Natural Area, in Dunn, Buffalo and Pepin counties. The largest concentration of remaining prairies and savannas in Wisconsin.
• Wet prairies:
Avoca Prairie and Savanna State Natural Area, east of Muscoda, Wis. The largest intact prairie in Wisconsin.
Lower Chippewa River State Natural Area, in Dunn, Buffalo and Pepin counties. The largest concentration of remaining prairies and savannas in Wisconsin. |
Links: The Prairie Enthusiasts, Prairie Haven Farm
Bumble Bees
bumblebeewatch.org
Distribution map and good general info
Midwest endangered insects • pdf (defines populations and extensive report)
Illustrated chart
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"Bumble bees of the Eastern United States" poster
from the Pollinator Partnership
(Click on image for printable pdf) |
Loop from LeClaire, Iowa, to the Quad Cities:
Book Review: Canoes, A Natural History in North America
By Mark Neuzil and Norman Sims
Links to information from the March-April issue
Climbing the Bluffs Links:
Experts advise beginners to first go to a climbing gym to learn climbing techniques, and build strength and coordination. Then find or hire a certified instructor to help them “learn the ropes” and make a safe transition to outside climbing. (Contact your state or local climbing association.)
Minnesota Climbers Association
Wisconsin Climbers Association
Iowa Climbers Association
Quad Cities Climbers Association (facebook)
Illinois Climbers Association
River Paddlers Websites:
Facebook Mississippi River Paddlers page
John Sullivan's wrap-up chart of 2016 paddlers, January 14
Keeping Up with a Changing River
Stories Published in
past issues of Big River
Climbing the River Bluffs (pdf)
By Pamela Eyden The Mississippi River valleycould be the best sport-climbing spot in the Midwest. March-April 2017
Climbing Links
Waiting for the Julia Belle Swain (pdf)
By John Gabbert The hard, gritty, expensive work of rescuing one of the finest steam sternwheeler packet boats ever built is nearly finished. Jan-Feb 2017
Effigy Mounds of the Wisconsin River Valley
By Sara Millhouse September-October 2016
Coldwater Cave May-June 2016
By Capt. Ted Peck
Nighthawk Twilight
By Molly McGuire July-Aug 2015
Carp Poetry Winners - July-Aug 2015
12 Great Rivertown Gardens (pdf) - May-June 2015
Sand Dollars —
Mining Frac Sand in the River Valley (pdf
July-Aug 2011
Boykin Spaniels and Box Turtles July-Aug 2010
Look
down on the river
Overlooks, lookouts, precipices and blufftop peaks
An
Otter Kind of Critter
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