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Missouri River Relief Press Clips, Video and Blogs

Missouri River Relief has been featured in many newspaper articles and TV spots throughout the basin.

Here's a rolling list of some select articles and TV news clips: 

November 18, 2020 - Columbia Missourian - "Steve Schnarr and Missouri River Relief, fostering personal connections with environment"

October 24, 2020 - Columbia Daily Tribune - "Masks, basketballs and bottles:  Volunteers brave cold and rain to clear trash from Missouri River"

October 25, 2020 - Columbia Missourian - "Missouri River Relief's clean-up event promotes environmental awareness"

October 2, 2020 - Fulton Sun - "Learning to plan a creek clean-up"

October 2, 2020 - Columbia Missourian - "Missouri River Relief to resume virtual Watershed Expeditions for fall following summer success"

September 19, 2020 - KMOV4 St. Louis - "Volunteers clean along the Missouri River a little differently this year"

August 12, 2020 - St. Charles County Suburban Journals - "Virtual programs Encourage St. Charles County Families to Explore their Local Watershed"  

August 4, 2020 - Mid Rivers News Magazine - "Get to Know Your Local Watershed

July 20, 2020 - Jefferson City News Tribune - "MRRL, MRR offer river cleanup program" 

June 24, 2020 - Missouri Life Magazine - "Picking Up A River"- by Jessica Rendell

June 24, 2020 - KMIZ TV - "Local Groups Receive Funding to Help with Covid-19" by Katie Greathouse

June 12, 2020 - Gasconade Republican - "Missouri River Relief's Watershed Expedition at Home' Offers Virtual 'Camp in a Box' Exeperience, 10 Activities" by Dave Marner

Jan. 26, 2020 - Columbia Missourian - "Missouri River Community Adds Final Touch to Bicentennial Mural" by Evan Musil

Jan. 7, 2020 - Wiki.EZvid video and article - "6 Environmental Organizations Studying and Preserving Bodies of Water"

Dec. 30, 2019 - Columbia Missourian - "2019 Record Flood Damage" - by Tristan Rouse

Nov. 3, 2019 - Jefferson City News Tribune - "A month late, participants Race to the Dome" - by Jeff Haldiman

Nov. 2, 2019 - KOMU 8 TV - "10th Annual Race to the Dome takes place after being postponed" - by Marina Silva

October 26, 2019 - Jefferson City News Tribune - "Volunteers clean up Missouri River banks" - by Emily Cole

October 26, 2019 - KOMU 8 - "Volunteers help to clean up Missouri River" by Marina Silva

October 10, 2019 - Columbia Missourian - "'Shore' thing: Missouri youth join to clean Missouri River" by Emmy Lucas and Madelyn Oden 

October 9, 2019 - KBIA - "Show Me The State: Sunken Steamboats of the Missouri River" by Kristofor Husted

September 2019 - Driftwood Outdoors - "Missouri River Relief" by Brandon Butler and Nathan "Shags" McLeod

September 13, 2019 - Radio Friends with Paul Pepper - "Race to the Dome 2019" by Paul Pepper

August 28th, 2019 – KRCG 13 – “Columbia Elementary Students Experience the “Big Muddy” By: Associated Press

August 23, 2019 - Mediacom Newsleaders - "Jefferson City Clean-up and Race to the Dome" by James Mouser

May 17, 2019 -  KSHB 41 Kansas City - "As trash piles up, Missouri River Relief embraces cleanup mission" by Nick Starling

May 17, 2019 - Fox 4 KC WDAF-TV "Group of volunteers preparing to clean Missouri River; more than 920 tons of trash recovered since 2001" by Sharifa Jackson

April 24, 2019 - KOMU TV8 - "Missouri River Relief new boat gives students an up-close education"

April 22, 2019 - Columbia Missourian - "Big Muddy lesson plan:  Missouri River Relief hosts fourth-graders"

April 13, 2019 - eMissourian - "Keeping Trash Out of the River (and Ocean) Begins on the Streets" by Karen Cernich

October 24, 2018- Boone County Journal - "Missouri River Classroom" by Bruce Wallace 

October 20, 2018 - ABC 17 KMIZ - "Hundreds of volunteers help clean up Missouri River near Hartsburg" by Sara Maslar-Donar

August 12, 2018 - Columbia Missourian - "River man: How Jeff Barrow's love for water unites Missourians" by Alexis Allison

July 13, 2018 - Columbia Missourian - "Missouri River Relief selects new executive director" by Alexis Allison

June 3, 2018 - Jefferson City News-Tribune - "Rain can't stop Missouri River cleanup" by Joe Gamm

April 20, 2018 - KOMU Columbia - "Missouri River Days" by Kamaria Braye 

April 18, 2018 - Missourian - "Columbia fourth-graders experience the Missouri River" by Megan Dollar with photos by Jordan Kodner 

April 17, 2018 - Columbia Tribune - "River becomes outdoor classroom for local students" by Roger McKinney with photos by Don Shrubshell 

Feb. 21, 2018 - MU Libraries - "Curriculum on Missouri Trees Finds Worldwide Audience through MOspace" - by Jennifer Gravley

Nov. 4, 2017 - St. Joe News Press - "Group Extols River's Virtues" - by Ray Scherer

Oct. 27, 2017 - KBIA Columbia - "Missouri River Clean-up Draws Volunteers of All Ages" - by Erin McKinstry

Sept. 30, 2017 - KOMU Columbia - "Friendly Competition on Water benefits Missouri River Relief" - by Ethan Illers

Aut. 28, 2017 - KOMU Columbia - "Missouri River Relief teaches Columbia Fourth Graders about Rivers" - by Allyson Walenta

May 25, 2017 - KMTV Omaha -  "In the Classroom, Getting to know the Missouri River"

May 23, 2017 - Net NE - "Educators Look for Creative Ways to Interest Students in Wildlife" by Ben Bohall

May 22, 2017 - KETV Omaha - "Volunteers Clean Up the Missouri River"  - by Lauren Scott

May 22, 2017 - WOWT Omaha - "Volunteers Remove More than 11 Tons of Trash from Missouri River" 

May 20, 2017 - WOWT Omaha - "Bold Souls Pry Mysteries from Cold, Wet Big Muddy Teeth" 

May 11, 2017 - Columbia Tribune - "Fourth-graders Experience the Missouri River" by Roger McKinney with photos by Tim Tai

April 12, 2017 - Washington Missourian - "Large Crowd Attends River Festival, Clean-up" - by Joe Barker

March 15, 2017 -  Washington Missourian - "River Festival Seeks Volunteers" - by Ruth Serven

March 8, 2017 - Washington Missourian - "We Experience the River" - by Karen Cernich

Sept. 3, 2016 - Jefferson City News-Tribune - "The Value of Volunteering for Missouri River Clean-up" - Staff Editorial

July 14, 2016 - Washington Missourian - "New Haven Welcomes Missouri River Academy" - by Monte Miller. 

June 20, 2016 - Boonville Daily News - "The Great Missouri River - A Beneficial Catalyst for Learning" by Joan Read

April 22, 2016 - Washington Missourian - "Missouri River Cleanup in New Haven Successful - Over 100 Volunteers Pitch In" by Don Kruse

April 21, 2016 - Science, Health and Environmental News - "Let's Go Outside:  Kristen Schulte uses nature as a classroom for enviornmental education" by Yuan Yuan

April 20, 2016 - Gasconade Republican - "Missouri River Relief hosts OMS/OHS Students for Day of Learning at New Haven" by Dave Marner

April 19, 2016 - KLPW AM - "Volunteers Collect Nearly 5 Tons of Trash Along Missouri River in New Haven" by Kyle Quick

Oct. 19, 2015 - University News - UMKC - "Students Clean Up Big Muddy" 

Oct. 18, 2015 - Jefferson City News-Tribune - "River Race raises money, awareness to keep waters clean"  by Riley Beggin

Oct. 17, 2015 - Columbia Missourian - "6th Annual Race to the Dome Raises $9,000" by Chloe Castleberry

Oct. 5, 2015 - KSHB TV - "Missouri River Cleanup encourages metro students to help the environment" (with great VIDEO) - by Jeremy Muhiu

Oct. 2, 2015 - KSMU Radio - "Cleansing Missouri's Waters, Sharing Stories of It's History and Admiring the Moon". Beautiful spoken word piece by Ozark musician and storyteller Marideth Sisco about a boat ride we took with her for the 2015 lunar eclipse.

Sept. 16, 2015 - CBS St. Louis - "Hundreds of Volunteers Clean Up Missouri River" 

July 12, 2015 - Mitchell Daily Republic - "River Race Raises Funds for Missouri River Cleanup" by Evan Hendershot about the Fort to Field 50 Race. 

June 14, 2015 - Council Bluffs Daily NonPariel - "'Big Muddy Meet-Up' - Volunteers Collect Trash Along Missouri River" - by Mike Brownlee

June 13, 2015 - Omaha World-Herald - "140 volunteers clean up Missouri River, remove 10 tons of trash"  

May 2, 2015 - Washington Missourian - "‘It Makes You Feel Good, Want to Help the Community’ - WMS Students Say River Cleanup Field Trip Was Fun, Inspiring" - by Karen Cernich - Click here»

April 22, 2015 - Washington Missourian - "River Clean-up and Festival a Huge Success" - by Karen Butterfield - Click here»

April 7, 2015 - Boonville Daily News - "Boonville Citizens Honored for Dedication to Mo River Relief Organization" - Click here»

March 24, 2015 - This Pug Life blog - "Confluence Trash Bash 2015"

Sept. 20, 2014 - KOMU TV - "Big Muddy Clean Sweep makes waves in Boonville" - story and video

Sept. 22, 2014 - KOMU TV - "Trash turned art is showcased at Boonville River Festival" - KOMU story with photos about Boonville High School art teacher Helen Sander's students and their trash-to-art exhibit at the Boonville River Festival.

Aug. 13, 2014 - Kansas City Star - "Safety Boat Captains serve in the MR340 for the love of the river and the challenge" - Click here»

Aug. 10, 2014 - Columbia Tribune - "Pulse Shots: Cleaning up the Big Muddy" - a series of photos from our "Meet the Big Muddy - Summers @ Mizzou Summer Camp". Click here»

Sept. 15, 2013 - Columbia Tribune - "Race to the Dome Features Good Natured Competition" Click here»

Sept. 7, 2013 - WOWT-TV, Omaha, NE - "Volunteers Take to Missouri River for Clean-up" with great video! Click here»

June 13, 2013 - Washington Missourian - "Missouri River Clean-up Nets Three Tons of Trash" Click here»

April 22, 2013 - Re-Discover Washington - "Washington River Festival & Clean-up 2013" - Photo Essay by Slava Peteva-Bowman. Click here»

April 15, 2013 - Washington Missourian - "The Big Muddy" - an educational graphic produced by the Missouri Press Association and Missouri River Relief. Click here»

Feb. 25, 2013 - The Waterways Journal - "Cleanup Organization Works the Missouri River". Click here»

Dec. 30, 2012 - Gasconade County News Live - "Van Booven and Geltz credited with multiplying 'Hermann Beach' clean-up effort of 16 other volunteers". Click here»

Oct 16, 2012 - Action 41 News Kansas City, MO - "Project gives students hands-on experience with keeping the Missouri River clean"Click here»

Oct 7, 2012 - KQ 2 TV St. Joseph, MO - "Area Volunteers Help Clean Up the Missouri River" Click here»

Sept. 23, 2012 - KETV Channel 7 News Omaha, NE- "Hundreds of Volunteers clean up Missouri River". Click here»

Sept. 22, 2012 - WOWT Channel 6 News Omaha, NE- "River Cleanup Yields The Unusual Amid The Trash". Click here»

Oct 29, 2011 - Columbia Tribune - "Missouri River Trash Yields a few treasures" - messages in bottles always make good stories. Click here»

October 5, 2011 - Washington Missourian -"We All Live Downstream" (with video) Click here»

October 12, 2011 - Gasconade Republican - "MoRR Learning Festival draws praise from area administrators" Click here»

July 2, 2011 - Columbia Tribune - "River Advocates Hatch Big Cleanup Plan" A sneak peek at our Big Muddy Clean Sweep. Click here»

May 2011 - Sioux City Journal - "River Cleanup Yields Kilo of Cocaine, Police Believe" We wish they focused more on the volunteer effort, but there you go...(this link also includes a couple of video clips from local TV stations) Click here»

April 2011 - Omaha World Herald - "Volunteers Clean Up River Trash" Click here»

March 2011 - Kansas City Star - "For Blue River Cleanup, Organizers Hope for 1,000 Volunteers" (features our 2006 MegaScout map and talks about upcoming Big Muddy Clean Sweep) Click here»

March 2011 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch - "Cleanup group goes to the air to map Missouri River trash" Click here»

October 2010 - St. Joseph News-Press - "Volunteers Clean Up Missouri River Banks" Click here» Also, check out an editorial printed before the clean-up»

April 2010 - Washington Missourian - "Volunteers Cleanup Missouri River" with photo gallery. Click here» also, check out a great letter to the editor printed in the Missourian following the event»

September 2009 - Jefferson City News Tribune - "Caretakers of the Mighty Mo." Also includes a staff editorial. Click here (pdf)»

June 2009 - Dakota County Star - "Siouxland Missouri River Clean-up June 27" Click here»

April 2009 - Columbia Missourian - "Missouri River Relief volunteers attempt to clean up the river" (with multi-media slideshow) Click Here»

May 2008 - Prairie Fire Newspaper - "Grassroots Boots on the Muddy River" Click Here»

May 2008 - Boonville Daily News - "New Franklin Students Clean Up at Franklin Island" (with photo slideshow) Click Here»

August 2007 - St. Louis Suburban Journals - "Pokin Around: Mission Possible - Commando Volunteers Help Clean up Missouri River" (an awesome personal column about volunteering at a clean-up in St. Charles, MO) Click Here»

 

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