Big Muddy Speaker Series

Presentation by Carrie Elliott, Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey Columbia Environmental Research Center River Studies Branch

Tuesday, February 21st, 2023

• NOTE – This month’s presentation is on the THIRD Tuesday of the month, not the 2nd Tuesday as normal. Next month we plan on returning to our 2nd Tuesday schedule
• 7 p.m. presentation (6 p.m. Social Hour)
• Register for Virtual Zoom Option here.
• Watch it LIVE on our YouTube Channel (and you can also catch the recording there later)
• The Bistro at Les Bourgeois Vineyards in Rocheport, MO
• Google Map – Directions Below

The Bistro Restaurant is closed on Tuesdays, but the bar will be open. You ARE welcome to come early, bring some food and gather with friends before the presentation. Speaker Series attendees are welcome after 6:00 p.m.

Hosted by Missouri River Relief

Carrie at the MR340 Finish Line ’22.

Carrie in New Haven during the ’22 MR340.

In 2022, to celebrate the mid-career milestone of 20 years of working as a hydrologist on the Missouri River Carrie Elliott entered and finished the MR340.  Before the race Carrie understood a lot about how the river works and generally where to be in the channel, but as she trained that spring she began to look at the river and all data she’s collected about the river in new ways.  Have you ever wondered which sections of the river are faster, how changes in flow change the river’s speed, or exactly where in the channel flow is the fastest (and why)?  Come hear data-driven answers to these questions and more.

Carrie has worked at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Columbia Environmental Research Center in Columbia, Missouri for 20 years.  She has studied the Missouri River and its tributaries at a range of scales over much of the basin, from Montana to her local section of river in mid-Missouri.  Much of her research has focused on understanding habitats used by the endangered pallid sturgeon.  She has spent thousands of hours on boats mapping the river’s bottom and currents. Last summer, while surveying habitat Carrie and a co-worker discovered a steamboat wreck.  Carrie spends much of her free time paddling and cycling along the banks of the Missouri.

Directions

• 14020 W. Hwy BB, Rocheport, MO
• Take I-70 to the Rocheport, MO, exit (Exit #115). It’s the first exit east of the Missouri River.
• Head north toward Rocheport.
• After about a mile, turn left at the sign for Les Bourgeois Bistro. Follow the signs to the Bistro. You will probably need to park in the lot above the Bistro and walk the trail down.
• The presentations are held in upstairs in the restaurant. The restaurant is no longer open on Tuesdays but the bar is! You are welcome to bring your own food or snacks.