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Rivermiles TV is hitting a PBS station near you!

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If you had a boat and a river, where would you go?

At Rivermiles, they get to answer that question every week. Our friends Jodi Pfefferkorn and Scott Mansker have put together their first season of a PBS series called "Rivermiles". Each week they hop in a boat to explore another facet of the Missouri River or one of its tributaries.

The series is kicking off this weekend in mid-Missouri and Kansas City, with a schedule to be announced later this summer in St. Louis.

The second episode is all about a Missouri River Relief clean-up!

The series is running Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. on KMOS in mid-Missouri and Sundays at 1 p.m. on KCPT in Kansas City.

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Upriver Clean-ups in the Bag!

Siouxland Clean-up is in the bag.

We just wrapped up several weeks of events in South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska. Thanks to the help of some really wonderful partners and volunteers, there are 15 fewer tons of junk on the Missouri River.

Here's some links to results, stories, photos and more about these great upriver events:

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May 10 Big Muddy Speaker Series

"Tales from Overton Bottoms"

A conversation with writers Fred Oerly and Meredith Ludwig about Mr. Oerly's childhood growing up in the little town of Overton on the banks of the Missouri River.

7:00 p.m. - Tues. May 10, 2011
lower floor of the
Les Bourgeois Vineyards Bistro
in Rocheport, MO

(directions below)
Presentation is FREE!
Come early to purchase a great dinner upstairs at the Bistro!

Join us for our monthly Big Muddy Speaker Series at the Les Bourgeois Bistro.

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New River Relief Video

It's called "Gathered by Thousands, Measured in Tons", and it's a look at the work Missouri River Relief volunteers have accomplished during the past 10 years and why.

Jodi Pfefferkorn of Flaming Fiddle Productions and the Columbia/Kansas City marketing agency Woodruff Sweitzer put this piece together using historical footage from past Missouri River Relief events.

Click here to view on You-Tube»

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April 12 Big Muddy Speaker Series

"Invasion Carp!"

Presented by Duane Chapman, research fisheries biologist for the USGS Invasive Carp Research Program at the River Studies Branch of Columbia Environmental Research Center.

7:00 p.m. - Tues. April 12, 2011
lower floor of the
Les Bourgeois Vineyards Bistro
in Rocheport, MO

(directions below)
Presentation is FREE!
Come early to purchase a great dinner upstairs at the Bistro!

Click here for flier»

Join us for our monthly Big Muddy Speaker Series at the Les Bourgeois Bistro.

The infamous flying carp

One of the most "charismatic megafauna" of the Missouri River doesn't actually belong there. Actually, there are several species of recently introduced asian carp that are changing the ecosystem of the river.

Throughout the Mississippi River watershed, and now potentially the Great Lakes, "Flying Carp" have been flopping their way into people's boats and all over You-Tube. But much of the havoc they are wreaking is under water. USGS biologist Duane Chapman has been on the front lines of the asian carp invasion across the world. He'll join us for an update on what is being learned about these new big river inhabitants and their effects on our rivers.

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