sscott, Author at Prairie Rivers Network https://prairierivers.org/author/sscott/ Mon, 02 Jul 2018 21:13:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://prairierivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cropped-new-PRN-favicon-32x32.png sscott, Author at Prairie Rivers Network https://prairierivers.org/author/sscott/ 32 32 114651131 River Training Debunked https://prairierivers.org/uncategorized/2013/08/river-training-debunked/ Thu, 01 Aug 2013 11:00:40 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=14920 April 16, 2018 | Blog Post
For more than a century, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been wrestling with the Mighty Mississippi, determined to “train” it.

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]]> 14920 Farmer Baker Brewer Summit highlights local grains https://prairierivers.org/uncategorized/2017/02/farmer-baker-brewer-summit-highlights-local-grains/ Fri, 24 Feb 2017 17:01:01 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=28331 A farmer, a baker, a brewer, and a distiller walk into an old bakery… It sounds like the setup to a joke, but earlier this month 50 farmers, bakers, brewers and distillers all walked into an historic Alton bakery (now the Old Bakery Beer Company) to talk about something they all have in common – […]

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]]> 28331 Prairie River Notes – Winter 2016 Newsletter https://prairierivers.org/articles/2016/12/prairie-river-notes-winter-2016-newsletter-2/ Mon, 05 Dec 2016 19:26:53 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=28827 Read Prairie Rivers Network’s 2016 Winter Newsletter, featuring articles: Illinois’ Drinking Water and the Dakota Access Pipeline Carol’s Currents Help Save the Monarch (Butterfly) Why I Give to PRN 2016 Accomplishments Annual Dinner Round-Up/Awards Why Bobcats?

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]]> 28827 Solidarity with #NoDAPL https://prairierivers.org/articles/2016/09/solidarity-with-nodapl/ Mon, 19 Sep 2016 19:09:34 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=27465 Prairie Rivers Network appreciates being invited to speak at the Native-organized Solidarity with Standing Rock Protectors in Champaign-Urbana! event held last Friday. The event had great turn-out and was inspiring. For those who missed it, here is a transcript of our statements at the event: “Prairie Rivers Network is Illinois’ advocate for clean water and […]

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]]> 27465 Prairie River Notes – Summer 2016 Newsletter https://prairierivers.org/articles/2016/08/prairie-river-notes-summer-2016-newsletter/ Fri, 26 Aug 2016 18:14:25 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=28818 Read Prairie Rivers Network’s 2016 Summer Newsletter, featuring articles: Averting a Wildlife Conservation Crisis Carol’s Currents Why I Give to PRN Annual Dinner – October 21 River Steward Award Nominations PRN Endowment for Rivers Happy Trails, Tyler! Welcome back, Kim! Events

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