Author Archive: Diane Oerly

September 8, 2012

Monitoring Birds on the Missouri River

“Monitoring Birds on the Missouri River” – original presentation by Ethan Duke, Assistant Director and co-founder of Missouri River Bird Observatory September 12, 2012 The Missouri River and its adjacent wetlands are a major corridor for migrating songbirds, raptors and waterfowl. Recognizing the need to monitor and catalogue this massive avian movement, Ethan Duke and Dana […]

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River

August 8, 2012

One River – One Problem

Original Presentation- “One River – One Problem”- by Tony Messenger, columnist at St. Louis Post-Dispatch August 8, 2012 photo: Decatur area, photo by Lee Valley Auction. The Great Flood of 2011 changed the way citizens and leaders look at how we live with the Missouri River. When the flooding began, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch ran a […]

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August 8, 2012

No Mama’s Boy Float Trip – A 340-mile river race across the state of Missouri

Original presentation by Scott Mansker Founder of Rivermiles and race organizer of the Missouri American Water MR340- Kansas City, MO August 8, 2012 The website for the MR340 says: “Imagine a race across the entire state of Missouri, just you and your boat thrown against 340 miles of wind, heat, bugs and rain. This ain’t no […]

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The Missouri River

July 11, 2012

Pearls Along the River – the Big Muddy Refuge

Original Presentation- “Pearls along the River – The Big Muddy National Fish & Wildlife Refuge” By Tom Bell, Manager for the Big Muddy National Fish & Wildlife Refuge”.  The Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge is comprised of 11 separate units totalling approximately 16,000 acres located along the Missouri River floodplain between Kansas City […]

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July 11, 2012

Invasion Carp!

Original Presentation- July 11, 2012 Big Muddy Speaker Series – Kansas City “Invasion Carp!” by Duane Chapman, research fisheries biologist for the USGS Invasive Carp Research Program at the River Studies Branch of Columbia Environmental Research Center. One of the most “charismatic megafauna” of the Missouri River doesn’t actually belong there. Actually, there are several […]

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July 10, 2012

Canada Geese Up Close

Original Presentation- July 10, 2012 Big Muddy Speaker Series – Rocheport Canada Geese Up Close- by wildlife photographer, videographer and biologist Glenn Chambers Canada geese are an inextricable thread of the Missouri River ecological tapestry. While tens of thousands migrate up and down the river valley each fall and spring, remnant populations of “Giant Canada geese” […]

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1941 Bagnell Flood

June 13, 2012

The River is Falling! Missouri River Bed Degradation

Original Presentation- June 13, 2012 Big Muddy Speaker Series – Kansas City 2012 “The River is Falling!  Missouri River Bed Degradation” by Brian Kelly, hydrologist with US Geological Survey.  The bed of the Missouri River in Kansas City has dropped by more than 10 feet since the 1950’s. Channelization, loss of sediment and dredging are a […]

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June 12, 2012

The Great Flood of 2011

Original Presentation- June 12, 2012 Big Muddy Speaker Series – Rocheport 2012 “The Great Flood of 2011” – by Doug Latka, US Army Corps of Engineers, Missouri River Water Management Division Click here to download pdf of presentation Gavin’s Point Dam at 160,000 cfs (photographer unknown). The Missouri River flood of 2011 was created by a […]

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May 8, 2012

Six Generation Farm in the Burr Oak Bottom

Original Presentation- May 8, 2012 Big Muddy Speaker Series in Rocheport “Six Generation Farm in the McBaine Bottom” –by Boone County farmer John Sam Williamson, who farms in the McBaine bottom near Huntsdale John Sam Williamson’s family has been farming the McBaine bottoms along the Missouri River for six generations. They’ve fought floods, droughts and […]

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April 11, 2012

The People of the River’s Mouth – In Search of the Missouria Indians

Original Presentation April 11, 2012 Big Muddy Speaker Series in Kansas City “The People of the River’s Mouth – In Search of the Missouria Indians” – by Mike Dickey, Author and Site Administrator of Arrow Rock State Historic Site Few people know that the Missouri River, and the state named after it, were actually named for […]

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