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March-April 2014 Highlights

Mapping Time and the River (pdf)

By Ryan Johnson

Since 1820 the Army Corps of Engineers has changed the river and mapped the changes.

Download Army Corps 2011 Navigation Charts

See changes in one river section (from Brownsville, Minn., to Genoa, Wis.) through the years.

Essay

Only the River is Real
By Vincent Kavaloski

Invasive Species from the Great Lakes Threaten the Mississippi
By Reggie McLeod

Living with Floods
By Jeff Lessard

Read these stories,
river events and reviews in the
March-April issue of
Big River.