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Tag: river

  • Fern_tn
    FERN: A River Runs Through It  
    ​May 2013 - Everyone agrees that the only way to fix the Gulf of Mexico dead zone —the largest off the United States— is to fix the Mississippi, but not everyone agrees how.
    thefern.org/2013/05/a-river-runs-through-it/
  • Stateoftheriver
    State of the River
    ​Companion website to the Friends of the Mississippi State of the River Report, which highlights 13 key indicators of river health and details the results in ways that non-scientists can understand.
    www.stateoftheriver.com
  • A Study of McKnight's Mississippi River Program: Executive Summary
    December 2009 - Headwaters Group Philanthropic Services. Research and recommendations which informed the 2009 revision of McKnight's Mississippi River program guidelines. 
    PDF, 713 KB
  • Fernalgaereport
    FERN: Toxic Algae Report
    ​September 2012 - Food and Environment Reporting Network report on toxic blue-green algae blooms dangerous affects on freshwater bodies.
    www.thefern.org