Blog — Mississippi Park Connection

Preserving Prairies, Protecting Pollinators

birds, riversparkconnectionJuly 10, 2015bees, bugs, butterflies, coldwater spring, habitat restoration, native plants, prairies

Your 6 step Guide to Ranger on Call (and a great date)

mississippi riverparkconnectionApril 24, 2015anna waugh, date ideas, date night, fort snelling, minneapolis, minnehaha falls, Ranger on Call, rangers, saint paul, science museum of minnesota, stone arch bridge, tours

Minnesota, Carp, and Locks

animals, invasive species, mississippi river, wildlifeparkconnectionApril 21, 2015avery hildebrand, conservation minnesota, dam closure, invasive carp, stop carp coalition

River Citizens Unite!

mississippi riverparkconnectionMarch 24, 2015rivers

Mapping Coldwater

parkconnectionMarch 2, 2015ann mohler, bureau of mines, coldwater history, coldwater spring, diane steen-hinderlie, fort snelling, kate havelin, maps, minnesota historical society, rory stierler

Owls in the Park

Owls in the Park

animals, birds, mississippi national r...parkconnectionFebruary 24, 2015animal cams, bald eagles, bird watching, birding, great horned owl, nps rangers, sharon stiteler

Marschner's Map: How a 100 year old document influences change in our park today

mississippi national r...parkconnectionJanuary 26, 2015coldwater history, coldwater spring, habitat restoration, maria delaundreau, minnesota historical society, oak savanna, prairies, river history Comment

Seeing a park's past and future through the trees

treesparkconnectionNovember 19, 2014coldwater spring, free, habitat restoration, kate havelin, oak savanna

CARP: Invasive Outlaws

CARP: Invasive Outlaws

invasive species, mississippi national r...parkconnectionNovember 13, 2014bighead carp, coon rapids dam, dam closure, invasive carp, silver carp, st anthony falls

Celebrate America in Your National Park!

Celebrate America in Your National Park!

Photo courtesy of PBS.

family, mississippi national r..., mississippi riverparkconnectionJuly 2, 2014events, flooding, maria delaundreau, minnesota historical society

The 1927 Flood: River Power Writ Large

parkconnectionApril 27, 2014floods, fort snelling state park, kate havelin, river readers book club, the tilted world

Gathering Cottonwoods

citizen science, mississippi national r..., staff, volunteersparkconnectionFebruary 20, 2014cottonwood, habitat restoration, maria delaundreau, us army corps of engineers Comment