Big Muddy Speaker Series

March 14, 2023

Adventure Art on the Mighty Mo’

Steve Snell presented his river-based art practice and his recent adventure down the Missouri River. He also premiered an episode from his forthcoming video series…

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February 21, 2023

Hydrology of the MR340: Racing on the Missouri River

Presentation by Carrie Elliot, Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey at the Columbia Environmental Research center River Studies Branch See the presentation on YouTube! Hosted by Missouri River Relief 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 […]

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December 13, 2022

The Missouri River Bluffs: A Climbing History

Presentation by Jim Karpowicz and Mike Jenner See the presentation on YouTube! Hosted by Missouri River Relief For December’s Big Muddy Speaker Series, Missouri Native rock climbers, Jim Karpowicz and Mike Jenner told tales of their rock-climbing journeys and delved into the history of rock climbing in Boone County. Missouri rock climbers Jim Karpowicz and […]

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November 8, 2022

Watershed Cairns: Marking the Missouri River with Art

For the November Big Muddy Speaker Series, Reuter showed some images from her 2017-2018 journey tracing the Missouri River.

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October 11, 2022

Crossing the Red Sea, St. Louis and the Exodus of 1879

For the October Big Muddy Speaker Series, Professor Bryan Jack discussed the journey of the ‘Exodusters” through Saint Louis and beyond.

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September 13, 2022

Introduction to Paddling Our Backyard River

Presentation by Linda Coffman Link to view the presentation on YouTube coming soon. Hosted by Missouri River Relief  We joined avid paddler Linda Coffman on September 13th for a Missouri River paddling introduction. Her goal throughout this presentation was to make our shared backyard river more welcoming for recreation enthusiasts. This presentation covered appropriate watercraft and […]

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August 9, 2022

The Clean Water Act is 50! Let’s Make it Even Better

Presentation by Missouri Confluence Waterkeeper Rachel Bartels and Great Rivers Environmental Law Center Staff Attorney Bob Menees

Rachel Bartels and and Bob Menees of Missouri Confluence Waterkeeper share the history of the Clean Water Act.

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June 14, 2022

Art and History: The Journey of a Missouri New Regionalist

Presentation by Artist Bryan Haynes

Join artist Bryan Haynes for a discussion about his works and the formation of the Missouri New Regionalism art movement.

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May 17, 2022

The Day the River Turned Red: evaluating the performance of a restoration project in the Missouri River

Presentation by Research Engineer Brandon Sansom, USGS

Join USGS Research Engineer Brandon Sansom as he discusses how USGS uses dye experiments to better understand complex flow patterns in the Missouri River.

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April 12, 2022

The Jackson Family’s MR340 Adventures

Claire and Steve Jackson shared their MR340 adventures on and off the river, an paddling race that spans the state of Missouri.

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