Future locations of the I-74 Mississippi River Bridge (between Bettendorf, Iowa, and Moline, Ill.) virtual reality experience simulations will be announced online at http://i74riverbridge.com/outreach/meetings.aspx. You can experience the bridge simulations through May at the Moline Public Library.

Register for the I Can Fish! and other outdoor skill-building programs through the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Dates and locations are on their website.

The Army Corps of Engineers plans to remove dredge spoils from storage site
about two miles upstream of Lock and Dam 3 just below Diamond Bluff, Wis.The draft Environmental Impact Statement for the project is on the website of the Corps’ St. Paul District. Comments on the EIS can be directed to Trevor Cyphers at 651-290-5031 or at trevor.w.cyphers@usace.army.miluntil May 7.Link to the Corps' project posting

More information about and photos of Cecropias

Bola spider photos

U of Milwaukee Field station paper on Giant Silk Moths

Wikipedia entry on Hyalophora_cecropia

Mother Nature Network on the cecropia, the largest moth in North America

Richie Swanson, red-shouldered hawks

Richie Swanson's website

Richie's profile of the red-shouldered hawk

The Red River Ox Cart Trail

Exploring the Ox Cart Trail

Minnesota DNR Eagle Cam

Upper Mississippi River Restoration - Environmental Management Program (UMRR-EMP)

Mississippi River Organizations

Mississippi River Resources

Big River Travel Map

Down the Mississippi: People taking all kinds of trips down the river

Weather on the Upper Mississippi

Water levels on the Upper Miss.

90-Day Journey of a Raindrop on the Mississippi River by Gayle Harper. Blog, Surrendering to Serendipity

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Carp Poetry Winners - July-Aug 2015

12 Great Rivertown Gardens (pdf) - May-June 2015

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Sex Life of Floodplain Trees March-April 2015

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When Big Mama Ruled the Rivers - the Sprague Jan-Feb 2015

River Pilgrims Nov-Dec 2014

Outdoor Dreams Come True - North America Squirrel Association Nov-Dec 2014

Mapping Time and the River (PDF) by Ryan Johnson March-April 2014

The Living Caves of Kickapoo Winters Jan-Feb 2014

Ike Hasting's and his Picket Hastings Jan-Feb 2014

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Leo and Marilyn Smith: River Dreams in Wood (pdf)
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Sand Dollars — Mining Frac Sand in the River Valley (pdf
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Summer of Weeds Nov-Dec 2010

Boykin Spaniels and Box Turtles July-Aug 2010

The Almost-Built Canal: Linking Lake Superior to the Mississippi  (pdf)
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Flood Run also PDF
March-April 2010

The Day WWII Came to Lake Pepin
Nov-Dec 2007

Iceboating on the Mississippi
Jan-Feb 2007

Look down on the river
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An Otter Kind of Critter

River Book Reviews

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