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River Rat Musings: The Dynamic Nature of River Deltas
A stark reality check for Black River users happened this summer when the primary channel of the Black River for over 200 years completely dried up! The entire flow of the Black River is now…
Zebra Mussels
Everyone likes a good underdog story, and this is just that. Nearly 35 years ago, news reached the Coulee Region: zebra mussels had been discovered in Pool 8 for the first time…
We Are the Ikes
The Izaak Walton League of America holds a deeply personal relationship with the nation's waters and outdoors, engaging in paddling, youth fishing events, and critical conversations about our waters, wetlands, water quality, agriculture, and of course the river and its wing dams, sedimentation, and navigation…
UMR Chapter Update: Projects and Local River News
At La Crosse's July 11 Youth Outdoorfest we had over 300 visit our "Touch of the Wild" trailer that we borrowed from the Outdoor Heritage Education Center. We're discussing the customizing of one of their trailers for the Upper Mississippi River…
Upper Mississippi River Chapter Creel and Use Survey Report
My name is Brett Welch, and I am proud to be a founding member of our chapter in the La Crosse, Wisconsin, area. As a relatively new chapter, we are still developing activities that engage our members and contribute to conservation on the big river. This past winter, I began thinking about an activity that would meet those goals…
Upper Mississippi River Chapter IWLA Update
Our Upper Mississippi River chapter’s collaboration with a UW-La Crosse Recreation Management class to develop QR-code-based environmental interpretation materials for Hintgen Island (near La Crosse) is drawing to a close…