The Mississippi River Network

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American Rivers protects wild rivers, restores damaged rivers and conserves clean water for people and nature.

1101 14th Street NW, Suite 1400 Washington, DC 20005

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Our mission is empower, educate and reengage black people to the outdoors through wellness campaigns, health advocacy and community based activities including hiking, camping, kayaking, rock climbing and yoga.

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American Farmland Trust launched the conservation agriculture movement and has been bringing agriculture and the environment together since 1980. We take a holistic approach to farmland and ranchland, protecting it from development, promoting environmentally sound farming practices, and keeping farmers on it. Agriculture offers the most promising solutions in our fight against climate change—but only when we support farming can it fulfill its promise to feed us and heal our planet.

1150 Connecticut Ave NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036

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We practice conservation to achieve environmental and economic outcomes. Every Fund program places conservation at its center, and our entrepreneurial staff create and implement innovative, practical ways to benefit the natural world and the well-being of Americans from every walk of life.

At the Fund, we believe that conservation is an “all-hands on deck proposition,” in the words of one of our former Board Chairs. Conservation takes many forms, and our programs interpret and practice conservation in a mutually-reinforcing way – working in concert to ensure the value of natural resources in America remain essential to our prosperity.

1655 N. Fort Myer Drive
Suite 1300
Arlington, Virginia 22209

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We began in 1967, as a scrappy group of scientists and a lawyer on Long Island, New York, fighting to save osprey from the toxic pesticide DDT. Using scientific evidence, our founders got DDT banned nationwide.

Today, we’re one of the world’s leading environmental organizations. In the U.S., Fortune magazine called our board one of the country’s most influential nonprofit boards.

And science still guides everything we do.

1875 Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20009

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Green Lands Blue Waters and partners are conducting essential research, improving the genetics of old and new crops, translating knowledge into Continuous Living Cover farming systems, developing new extension and outreach capacity, working in farm fields, shaping policy, building profitable markets for new crops, and changing the narrative around what’s possible through agriculture. The value of Continuous Living Cover farming comes in yields and profits, but also in improved soil health, cleaner water, new economic opportunities, more wildlife, reduced risk, and resiliency in the face of a changing climate.

1991 Upper Buford Cir, Saint Paul, MN 55108

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The Izaak Walton League is one of America’s oldest and most successful conservation organizations – and we are the only organization training, equipping, and coordinating volunteer water quality monitors on a national scale. These volunteers are the heart and soul of our common-sense conservation mission. Through member-driven bottom-up governance, the Izaak Walton League is protecting outdoor America in communities across the country, while working strategically at the national level to win critical conservation battles.

707 Conservation Lane
Gaithersburg, MD 20878

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We are conservation scientists working with the leading environmental groups on the continent, showing them how aviation can augment their work, in perhaps unexpected ways, and creating flight campaigns that achieve significant conservation outcomes.

P.O. Box 913239, Denver, CO 80291

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The National Audubon Society protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow, throughout the Americas using science, advocacy, education, and on-the-ground conservation.

225 Varick St
New York, NY 10014

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The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) is an alliance of grassroots organizations that advocates for federal policy reform to advance the sustainability of agriculture, food systems, natural resources, and rural communities.

NSAC’s vision of agriculture is one where a safe, nutritious, ample, and affordable food supply is produced by a legion of family farmers who make a decent living pursuing their trade, while protecting the environment, and contributing to the strength and stability of their communities.

110 Maryland Avenue NE, Suite 209 Washington, DC 20002

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The National Caucus of Environmental Legislators empowers a nonpartisan network of legislative champions to protect, conserve, and improve the natural and human environment.

We believe that the key to advancing sound policy in the states is well-informed legislatures with strong champions who can advocate on behalf of the environment, develop shared strategies, and collaborate with their peers across the country on shared learning and action.

NCEL does not lobby for the enactment or defeat of any state or federal legislation.

1100 H Street NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20005

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America’s experience with cherished landscapes and wildlife has helped define and shape our national character and identity for generations. Protecting these natural resources is a cause that has long united Americans from all walks of life and political stripes. To hunters, anglers, hikers, birders, wildlife watchers, boaters, climbers, campers, cyclists, gardeners, farmers, forest stewards, and other outdoor enthusiasts, this conservation ethic represents a sacred duty and obligation to protect and build upon our conservation heritage for the sake of wildlife, ourselves, our neighbors, and—most of all—for future generations.

PO Box 1583, Merrifield, VA 22116-1583

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NRDC works to safeguard the earth—its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends.

We combine the power of more than three million members and online activists with the expertise of some 700 scientists, lawyers, and policy advocates across the globe to ensure the rights of all people to the air, the water, and the wild.

40 West 20th Street
11th floor
New York, NY 10011

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The Northeast-Midwest Institute is a Washington, D.C.-based, nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy organization committed to economic vitality, environmental quality, and regional equity for the 18 states of the Northeast and Midwest. As a policy-focused institute with a 40-year track record of producing first-rate research, developing policy options, and building and supporting regional coalitions, the Institute has unique standing in that it was founded in response to calls by the Congressional Northeast-Midwest Coalition for a stable and trusted source of regional data and research as well as policy options and analysis. It is precisely these roots and relationships on Capitol Hill which now position the Northeast-Midwest Institute to chart a future that encompasses an expanded agenda of critical regional issues and to embark on a strategy to achieve increased impact.

1875 Connecticut Ave NW
Universal North 10th Floor
Washington, DC 20009

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Our organization was founded by natural resource and agricultural leaders from seven counties in southwestern Illinois – Madison, St. Clair, Monroe, Bond, Clinton, Washington and Randolph counties. Our founders recognized early on that to make a meaningful impact for the environment in our region, our efforts would need to focus not only on protecting pristine natural areas, but on restoring nature where it has been degraded, enriching the communities of our region, promoting responsible development, and sharing our knowledge with others.

3 North High St., Belleville, IL 62220

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IEC works to safeguard Illinois—its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends.

Since our founding in 1975 by a group of dedicated grassroots environmentalists, IEC has led issue advocacy campaigns by allowing environmental organizations to pool their resources and create a higher profile for environmental issues.

Today, IEC represents more than 90 environmental and community organizations and nearly 300 individual members from throughout Illinois

520 E Capitol, Springfield, IL 62701

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Mission: We are an alliance of farmers and eaters. Our mission is to find, connect, train and amplify the leadership of farmers and eaters who use their choices and their voices to shape a more just and regenerative local food and farm system. Our statewide community unites to educate policymakers and form a powerful voice that has a seat at every table where decisions are made.

Vision: An Illinois where farmers earn a living responsibly stewarding the land and feeding our communities; people can easily and affordably find and buy local food that aligns with their values; and we all enjoy vibrant, resilient, and healthy communities.

230 Broadway Suite 200
Springfield, IL 62701

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The Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation (JDCF), a land trust in Jo Daviess County, IL, was founded in 1993 by a small group of local individuals who wanted to somehow maintain the open space of a piece of property near Galena that had recently been put up for sale. The group’s purpose was to permanently protect what many deemed ‘the Gateway to Galena’ from development, ensuring that the pristine view of the City from Hwy 20 along Horseshoe Mound would be preserved for future generations to enjoy. That goal recently became a reality when JDCF finally purchased the 100 acres known as Galena Gateway Park in 2010. During the almost 18 year struggle to reach this goal, the Foundation grew from a group of volunteers meeting in one another’s basements to an organization with an office and full-time staff that is dedicated to land conservation in all of Jo Daviess County.

126 N. Main Street
Elizabeth, Illinois 61028

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Headquartered in East Moline, Illinois, Living Lands & Waters is a 501 (c)(3) environmental organization that was established by Chad Pregracke in 1998. Since the organization was founded, Living Lands & Waters has grown to be the only “industrial strength” river cleanup organization like it in the world.

Spending up to nine months a year living and traveling on the barge, the Living Lands & Waters crew hosts river cleanups, watershed conservation initiatives, workshops, tree plantings and other key conservation efforts.

OUR MISSION:
We like wins. Big or small. But, what’s a win to us? Our mission is threefold:

To aid in the protection, preservation, and restoration of the natural environment of our nation’s major rivers and their watersheds.
To expand awareness of environmental issues and responsibility encompassing our rivers.
To create a desire and opportunity for citizens to take an active role in helping to make a cleaner river environment.

17624 Route 84 North
East Moline, Illinois 61244

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The National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC℠), a division of Lewis and Clark Community College, is dedicated to the study of great river systems and the communities that use them. The center aspires to be a leader in scholarly research, education, and outreach related to the interconnectedness of large rivers, their floodplains, watersheds, and their associated communities. NGRREC℠ was founded in 2002 through a collaborative partnership between the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Illinois Natural History Survey and Lewis and Clark Community College. The center aspires to be a leader in scholarly research, education, and outreach related to the interconnectedness of large rivers, their floodplains, watersheds, and their associated communities.

One Confluence Way, East Alton, IL 62024

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At Prairie Rivers Network, we protect water, heal land, and inspire change.

Using the creative power of science, law, and collective action, we protect and restore our rivers, return healthy soils and diverse wildlife to our lands, and transform how we care for the earth and for each other.

Prairie Rivers Network is the independent, state affiliate of the National Wildlife Federation.

1605 South State Street, Suite 1
Champaign, IL 61820

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Are you concerned about environmental issues in Madison County, Illinois, and surrounding counties? Then join us! The Sierra Club is involved in numerous conservation efforts in the region. We hold monthly educational meetings about environmental topics and offer local outdoor outings. We are also active in issues that affect our community such as air and water quality, land use, and forest issues.

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The Nature Institute (TNI) is a non-profit land conservation and environmental education organization based in Godfrey, IL. Since its founding in 1980, The Nature Institute’s board and staff have worked to foster an awareness and appreciation of the natural world through preservation, restoration, and education.

Each summer TNI hosts about 400 children, grades pre-K through 6th, for Discovery Day Camp, a premier, ACA, nature day camp. Every school year, more than 8,000 area students visit TNI for field trips, including high school and college students. TNI also owns and manages more than 450 acres of protected land, such as the Olin Nature Preserve, the Mississippi Sanctuary, the Kemp and Cora Hutchinson Bird Sanctuary, and the Heartland Prairie Project at Gordon Moore Park. These natural areas provide unique places for the public to experience the diversity of the Riverbend area with its hardwood forests, prairies, and wetlands.

2213 S. LEVIS LANE
GODFREY, IL 62035

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OUR VISION
A world with plentiful healthy wetlands improving water quality, climate, biodiversity, and human well-being.

OUR MISSION
The Wetlands Initiative designs, restores, and creates wetlands. We innovate, collaborate, and employ sound science to improve water quality, habitat for plants and wildlife, and our climate.

OUR FIRST 25 YEARS
A 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, the Wetlands Initiative was incorporated in 1994 and began regular operations in 1995. Marking our first 25 years of ecological restoration, this video takes viewers on a whistle-stop tour of TWI sites, looking back on the organization’s origins and forward to upcoming projects.

53 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 1015
Chicago, Illinois 60604

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Our vision is to be an inclusive place of belonging that works for social justice, as inspired by our Principles.

(The concept of Beloved Community is drawn from Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision of Beloved Community)

3707 Eastern Avenue,
Davenport IA 52807

107 PERRY STREET
HELENA, AR 72342

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The Mighty Quapaws is an after-school apprenticeship program run by Quapaw Canoe Company for Clarksdale youth, skills include swimming, canoe making, paddle construction, and river guiding. In February 2004 the Mighty Quapaws completed Dorothy the Double Eagle Dugout which now sits in the children’s room of the Carnegie Public Library. “You can’t get in the canoe unless you have a book with you!” Also: The Mighty Quapaws took second place at the Mississippi River Memphis Canoe Race in May, 2004. Mighty Quapaws is made possible with a grant from the Dreyfus Health Foundation.

You can help support the Mighty Quapaws Internship Program: send your tax-deductible donation to Quapaw Canoe Company today! Thank you! May the Great Spirit bless you!

291 Sunflower Avenue
Clarksdale, Mississippi

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Friends of the Mississippi River engages people to protect, restore and enhance the Mississippi River and its watershed in the Twin Cities region.

Friends of the Mississippi River envisions a river that is recognized and celebrated for its intrinsic values. Imagine with us a river where the water is clear and clean and safe to swim in, where fish and wildlife are healthy and abundant, and where scenic bluffs and cultural treasures are protected.

This is a river where residents and visitors can escape the rush of daily life to find solitude in a hidden backwater, mystery beside ancient mounds, and the wonder of paddling past towering bluffs.

Here you can catch fish that are healthy to eat. You can stroll through oak savannas and sand prairies alive with the diversity of our natural heritage. Here historic sites speak to the timeless connection between people and the river.

Envision a river accessible to all and a community that actively embraces this river ethic and welcomes its role as the Mississippi River’s steward for current and future generations.

101 East Fifth Street, Suite 2000 | Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101

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Friends of Pool 2 is an organization made up of people like you. People who care deeply about the river. Our members enjoy boating, fishing, hunting, water sports, camping, and observing wildlife on the Mississippi River. We welcome the participation of river-related and waterfront business people and homeowners, collaborating to preserve, restore, and enhance the quality of the recreational river experience within Pool 2 of the Mississippi River.

P.O. Box 284
Newport, MN 55055

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At Great River Greening, we have ecological expertise in natural resource and water quality management, and in community building. We focus our work in locations and on activities that offer conservation impact, ecosystem services, and community benefits. Our projects include:

Native planting designs for developed and natural areas.

Restoration and stabilization of shorelands and ravines.

Ecological inventories and restoration management plans.

Plantings of native trees, shrubs, wildflowers, and grasses.

Restoration and management activities, including exotic species removal, prairie seed collection and sowing, and prescribed burns.

Conservation practices on farmland for water quality.

251 Starkey Street, Suite 2200
Saint Paul, MN 55107

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The work of A House Unbuilt is research, performance, and activism. Through the use of movement and listening with the body, these activities operate together to engage and investigate the social fabric of communities. Our bodies are immediate, a physical presence with the power to intervene in systems much larger than themselves. Our bodies can bring the incomprehensible paradoxes of our times to a human scale. Listening with the body is a radical practice that can open more ears and create greater possibility for civil discourse.

A House Unbuilt perceives story as an embodied object, existing in time, continuous. We believe that all that we are is story. Story can connect us. Story is a confluence of individual landscapes, voices, and movements, and this is vital to our approach to both gathering and sharing ourselves. Story is only ever captured in part and creates great opportunity for empathy.

Through story, through listening, A House Unbuilt creates opportunity for others to reconsider and reimagine the place where they are from, the people that surround them, and the time that they live in.

321 Main Street S, Suite 204, Stillwater, MN, 55082

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The Land-Water-Place Project offers readers opportunities to learn about how issues of equity and justice pervade matters that are commonly thought of as “natural resource” questions. The short articles featured on this site, all of which lead out to a link or an article for further exploration, are intended to achieve three goals: Provide a way into a field of thinking and practice that may be new to readers who are specialists in other areas; offer insights into the manifold ways that issues of equity and justice pervade subjects that many see as removed from social concerns; serve as the “first word” (as opposed to “last word” that starts users/readers on a path of their own professional and intellectual exploration.

If you have any questions please contact Joanne Richardson at holr0002@umn.edu.

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Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance (LPLA) is a grassroots organization dedicated to saving a disappearing lake. Sediment loads—the size of a city block filled to the height of the Foshay Tower in downtown Minneapolis—accumulate in Lake Pepin every year. With sedimentation rates 10x above normal, the lake is in a fight for survival. It has two water quality impairments and is expected to prematurely disappear in just a few generations.

LPLA builds on a long history of local activism to protect Lake Pepin and relies on community engagement, science, and public policy to improve water quality, habitat, and accessibility. Our work philosophy prioritizes the voices of people who passionately use, deeply love, and intricately know Lake Pepin. It’s this community support that enables LPLA to publish first-hand accounts about ecological degradation, record boat groundings, reduced recreational access, and community isolation that has occurred from excess sediment.

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In the middle of a bustling urban setting, this 72 mile river park offers quiet stretches for fishing, boating and canoeing, birdwatching, bicycling, and hiking. And there are plenty of visitor centers and trails that highlight the fascinating human history of the Mississippi River. This a great place to start your exploration of this important river.

120 W Kellogg Blvd, St Paul, MN 55102

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Mississippi Park Connection provides opportunities for people to get to and on the river—and have a national park experience in the Twin Cities.

In partnership with the National Park Service, our youth education, community engagement, and environmental stewardship programs connect people to their national park.

111 Kellogg Blvd East, Suite 105 Saint Paul, MN 55101

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We are an initiative devoted to dismantling food apartheid policies and creating self-sustainability in our Green Zone neighborhoods in North and South Minneapolis. Over the last two years, we’ve partnered with Little Earth Farm, Growing North Minneapolis and their Step-Up youth to teach participants how to create gardens on their boulevards. By teaching people how to create their own gardens and grow their own food, we want our participants/mentees to use these skills again and become mentors in the community.

Through this “shared fruit” vision, we want participants to have access to the produce they grow while also sharing it with passersby, whether it be someone who doesn’t have access to land for growing their own or someone who is curious about trying something new. We’re changing our broken food system, neighborhood by neighborhood, block by block, boulevard garden by boulevard garden. Won’t you join us?

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Owámniyomni Okhódayapi is a 501(c)(3) non-profit working to restore Dakota culture and environment at Owámniyomni (St. Anthony Falls) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. We seek to transform the vacant, largely inaccessible land around Minneapolis’s Upper Lock into a place of healing, restoration, education, and connection. We are dedicated to strengthening our connections to Dakota relatives and uplifting the actively silenced stories of Dakota people through our work at the Falls.

Address: 400 S 4th Street, Suite 401, Box 211, Minneapolis, MN 55415

We are the Bdewakantunwan – those who were born of the waters. We are one with the land. The waters, the bluffs, the prairies, the buffalo shape and define who we are as Dakota people.

Our members descend from the Bdewakantunwan (Mdewakanton) Band of Eastern Dakota. We are the Dakota Oyate (people), are also commonly referred to as the Minnesota Sioux.
This is our homeland; our relatives lived on these lands that are now called Minnesota for countless generations. Dakota people from throughout the region gathered in this area to live, hunt, worship and raise their families. It is a special place; a spiritual place, and a final resting spot from many of our ancestors.

Despite past efforts to eliminate the Dakota Oyate from Minnesota, and the ongoing hazards we face, we are a resilient people and Prairie Island will always be our home.

Our mission is to achieve our tribal vision to be a forward-thinking, sovereign nation focused on achieving unity, prosperity, and security for our Tiwahe (family) by embracing innovation to ensure well-being of our Tribal Members, to honor those who came before us, and to prepare for the next seven generations.

5636 Sturgeon Lake Rd, Welch, MN 55089

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From helping raise funds for conservation; to protecting and restoring natural spaces; to collaborating with communities to plan, design, and create parks, playgrounds, gardens, and trails; we work with communities to ensure that development happens for them, and not to them.

2610 University Avenue, Suite 300 | St. Paul, Minnesota 55114

Our mission is to conserve natural resources and to protect watersheds. We do this primarily through clean water education, research, restoration and recreational programming.

It is our belief that when you experience nature, you learn to love it. And once you love it, you want to take care of it.

10 Triad South Drive, Suite B
St. Charles, MO 63304

Since 2007, MRWTA has coordinated volunteers and events on the river to insure quality, affordable, recreational and educational opportunities and to promote safe public use of the trail. We collaborate with communities, organizations, and agencies to foster conservation by both developing and supporting the trail.

301 Riverlands Way
West Alton, Missouri 63386 US

It’s an immense river, with a history to match. Much of the lore is about the big events—the Civil War, steamboat races, epic floods—but the lure is the little things: migrating tundra swans; mist rising from the backwaters in fall; thick carpets of lotus and lilies; a summer sunset of pale golden light spilling across the faces of yellow limestone bluffs.

Whether you live next to the river or are visiting, the Mississippi has much to offer. Along the river, you’ll find friendly small towns and big city culture. The Mississippi is great for boating of all kinds, including paddling in canoes and kayaks. The fishing and hunting is good, and there are plenty of parks and quiet places to hike and camp or just to watch the sunset.

Above all, the Mississippi is your river, whoever you are and wherever you live. Come along with me and get to know your river a little better.

We are a trusted, non-partisan, 501(c)(3) state-level environmental advocacy organization, an informed educator, a passionate advocate, and a state-wide partner supporting allied organizations and initiatives around the state. We deliver vital information to thousands of Missourians on issues that affect our water, air, food, health, and the environment.

With the help of our members and allies, we are making the world a better place. We believe our air, water, and land are gifts to sustain all life and we believe these resources should be available to serve the public interest today and for all future generations and not sacrificed for short-term gain. This work requires vigilance, stewardship, advocacy, compassion, and a heck of a sense of humor. We hope you will join us.

409 Vandiver Dr. #5-205
Columbia, MO 65202

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The Aquarium Foundation formed in November 2017 and was announced at the groundbreaking ceremony for the St. Louis Aquarium at Union Station. The Foundation board desires to ensure that this extraordinary educational and inspirational experience is accessible for all. We believe the Aquarium experience will motivate people to take action to preserve and protect the local water resources that surround and shape our daily lives.

We work in partnership with the St. Louis Aquarium leadership to reach into the community through both 1) engaging donors and partners to provide free access to the Aquarium for underserved audiences; and 2) providing important science-based educational programs to schools and children. The Board of Directors is comprised of respected community leaders and individuals committed to a thriving greater St. Louis region.

201 South 18th Street / St. Louis MO 63103

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The Arkansas Public Policy Panel advances social and economic justice through respect for human dignity, diversity, empowerment and an inclusive, fair and transparent political process.

The Panel provides hands-on experience in civic participation by helping community groups organize, create infrastructure, set goals and develop action plans to reach those goals.

1308 WEST SECOND STREET, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS 72201

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The Mississippi River Trail, coursing along America’s backbone, the Mississippi River, from its headwaters in Itasca, Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico, offers approximately 3,000 miles of on-road bikeways and pedestrian and bicycle pathways for the recreational enjoyment, health, conservation and tourism development of river communities, river states, and the nation.

We invite you to explore the trail, order a guidebook for the best cycling maps, read about us, plan a trip, review our maps, link to our partners, supporters and friends, and become a part of MRT.

858 North Jackson
Fayetteville, AR 72701

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A House Unbuilt is a 501c3 non-profit organization that uses radical listening practices to reconsider and reimagine the places where we are from, the people that surround us, and the times that we live in. Its flagship project Relay of Voices was a durational performance involving the participation of nearly a thousand residents of the Mississippi River region, sharing their voices, their lives with lead artists Victoria and Tom Styrbicki. The performance was approached as an expedition on foot, running and cycling through the region from Headwaters to Gulf, engaging with the landscape and the communities at the human scale. Over the course of 120 days, the Styrbickis treated their bodies like an archive, storing the memories and experiences of these encounters for future research, writing and re-performance.

The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana (CRCL) supports the good progress we have seen on this issue in recent years, especially the science-based State Coastal Master Plan. However, we believe an even bolder response is required. We urgently need large-scale land building, including sediment diversions that harness the power of the river to build land. The most important actions to be taken to advance necessary projects are under the control of the state and federal governments. All the work we do must serve the purpose of driving needed action. To this end, we must build support for restoration amongst stakeholders and we must build the funds and capacity of CRCL to increase our influence and to be able to sustain our efforts.

3801 Canal Street, Suite 400, New Orleans, LA 70119

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Mission
Healthy Gulf’s purpose is to collaborate with and serve communities who love the Gulf of Mexico by providing the research, communications, and coalition-building tools needed to reverse the long pattern of over exploitation of the Gulf’s natural resources.

Vision
A healthy Gulf of Mexico returned to its former splendor that supports a thriving ecosystem that includes the Gulf’s natural resources and, just as importantly, the people, communities, and cultures that depend on those resources.

P.O. Box 2245
New Orleans, LA 70176

In 1986 a group of concerned citizens gathered in Baton Rouge to share stories and offer support for the environmental struggles their communities were facing. Mothers, fathers, plant workers, community members, doctors, lawyers, and everyday citizens from around the state came together because they all were facing severe environmental challenges and no one was adequately addressing their concerns. Within this solidarity and combined purpose the Louisiana Environmental Action Network was formed. From the original founders to the almost 30 years of work, LEAN brings the experience and expertise of countless community members and professionals together to build a powerful resource for anyone working to resolve the environmental challenges that Louisiana faces. Many of these community members and environmental experts are represented on LEAN’s board of directors. LEAN has been on the forefront of the environmental movement in Louisiana for decades, building and supporting countless individuals and organizations to create a more aware, engaged and empowered public.

P.O. Box 66323
Baton Rouge, LA 70896

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Founded in 1996, SouthWings is a non-profit conservation organization that provides a network of volunteer pilots to advocate for the restoration and protection of the ecosystems and biodiversity of the Southeast through flight. We have flown thousands of individuals and organizations to educate community leaders, policy-makers, and the media, and to collect scientific data on forests, watersheds, historic landmarks, and the globally significant ecosystems of the Southeast. SouthWings is headquartered in Asheville, North Carolina, with satellite offices in New Orleans, Louisiana and Annapolis, Maryland.

The response to SouthWings flights has been overwhelming. Among many of its educational benefits is the effective media tool to educate millions of citizens nationwide. Over our history, SouthWings flights have enjoyed coverage with national stories in the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, 60 Minutes, the News Hour with Jim Lehrer, National Public Radio, Fox TV News, Audubon Magazine, National Geographic magazine, E Magazine, the NBC Nightly News, Our Earth of the Natural Resources Defense Council, and Orion Afield, as well as many local and regional news outlets.

5500 Prytania Street #532
New Orleans, LA 70115

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The Water Collaborative seeks to build a diverse network for all impacted by flood risk by focusing on equitable practices to sustainably live and thrive with water.

1433 North Claiborne Avenue, New Orleans, LA, 70116, United States

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Our organization began with a clear purpose: to support communities whose health and homes are devastated by the petrochemical industry. The air sampling bucket exemplifies our commitment to putting power in the hands of people, and getting these communities in the media and elevating their work is a core part of what we do. We also generate tools to help people document pollution.

The Bucket Brigade is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, supported entirely by private donations from individuals, foundations and other like-minded organizations. Ongoing financial support is critical to fund the day-to-day work necessary to achieve our partner communities’ goals.

3416 B Canal Street
New Orleans, LA 70119

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CAWIC is a non-profit organization based in the Holy Cross/Lower Ninth Ward communities dedicated to stopping the Port of New Orleans and US Army Corps of Engineers from constructing the economically indefensible and environmentally destructive replacement lock in the Industrial Canal.