Category: Safe Water

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Brad Walker, Rivers Director [This post originally appeared on the Nicollet Island Coalition website.] Our Upper Mississippi River landscape is replete with threatened and endangered species. This article is going to introduce you to one vulnerable species that you probably are unaware of — but none the less needs your help. In August 2016 the…

Rainscaping Story Map Check out our interactive story map citing examples of green infrastructure and their benefit on urban water quality in St. Louis and on reducing the burden of stormwater on our sewer system!   The St. Louis Metropolitan Sewer District has provided grants for small and large-scale rainscaping, rain gardens, and rain barrel projects throughout…

2016 Dead Zone Measurement CANCELED Following a Prediction Almost 5,000 Square Miles Short of Goal   Despite rampant nutrient pollution and toxic algae outbreaks, for the first time in 30 years, the Dead Zone will not be measured. Read MCE and the Mississippi River Collaborative’s report, Decades of Delay, to learn more about the extent of the nutrient…

By Brad Walker, Rivers Director                                                                              June 30, 2016 Admit it, if you’ve ever seen it you’ve thought about being on The Daily Show. So have I. So on December 1, 2015, when I received an email from a person claiming to be from the show saying they wanted to do a field piece about questionable…