Every summer the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area’s education team partners with the YMCA of the North to help offer outdoor educational and enrichment activities as part of two day camp programs. These programs are the Junior Ranger Day Camp as part of the Camp Streefland experience, and the Adventure in the Neighborhood Day Camp.
Read MoreDelaney Farwell, Mississippi Park Connection's Community Forestry Coordinator, explores how humans, rivers, and ecosystems intertwine. She emphasizes floods and droughts' impact on floodplain forests, especially cottonwood trees, stressing the need to understand disturbance patterns amidst climate change. Farwell concludes by urging a holistic mindset, akin to "thinking like a river," to protect these landscapes for generations to come.
Read MoreNational Public Lands Day began in 1994 by the National Environmental Education Foundation, with the overarching goal of encouraging volunteerism and engagement with America’s public lands.
Read MoreAlanna Elder served with Mississippi Park Connection as a GreenCorps member and later an Ampact Community Forestry Initiative AmeriCorps member.
Read MoreI have decided to step down as executive director of Mississippi Park Connection (MPC) in January. It’s been a great run, and I am deeply proud of my work with MPC. Building a nonprofit from the ground up has been a tremendous honor
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