Big
River Magazine
May-June
2009 Highlights
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May-June 2009 Follow the links for more information about Upper Mississippi stories and news in this issue of Big River. |
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River
Loops Exploring the Upper Mississippi is easy for people who like to travel in a circle and get back where they started by bedtime. Major crossings are about 30 miles apart, so you can go down one side, cross the river and come back on the other. It’s also easy to spend a day exploring any of these stretches. In each of our “River Loops” columns we’ll prowl a stretch of the river for interesting places and things to do. This loop describes what to see and do along the road from La Crosse, Wis., to Lansing, Iowa, and back. La Crosse, Wis., to Lansing, Iowa
Loop Links
Feature Stories |
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43 Overlooks on the Upper Mississippi See map below We've listed several great new overlooks, some just recently made available to the public, thanks mainly to land trusts and generous landowners. Links: Mississippi Valley Conservancy properties Cassville Bluffs SNA (pdf) Devil's Backbone (pdf) La Crosse Blufflands, North (pdf) La Crosse Blufflands, South (pdf) Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation Casper Bluff Land & Water Reserve |
Guides we Review: Kids gone Paddlin' by Tom Watson Bicycling Guide to the Mississippi River Trail by Bob Robinson Wildflowers of Wisconsin and the Great Lakes Region By Merel R. Black and Emmet J. Judziewicz |
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View Overlooks on the Upper Mississippi River in a larger map |
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Green Herons |
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To read these and other stories, order this issue or check out one of these retail outlets. |
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Book
Reviews 
CCC and
WPA Projects along the River 
Friends
of the Mississippi River Refuges Photo Contest