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The Friends of Big Muddy National Fish & Wildlife Refuge is a coalition of individuals and organizations dedicated to supporting habitat restoration, outreach, and educate to conserve and enhance the Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge.

09/22/2015

Tuesday, September 22, 2015 7:00 pm @ Westport CoffeeHouse Theater
"Drinking the Big Muddy" Presentation by Michael Klender, plant manager for Kansas City Water Services
http://bigmuddyspeakers.org/events/event/drinkingwater_kc2015/

Micheal Klender will share some of the unique engineering and water quality challenges that they face on a daily basis turning the Muddy Missouri into quality drinking water for their customers.

08/25/2015

Tonight in KC: "The Missouri River as a wildlife highway"
Presentation by Todd Meese, Mo. Dept. of Conservation
http://bigmuddyspeakers.org/events/event/rivercorridor_kc2015/

Meese will discuss the importance of the Missouri River as a dispersal corridor for mountain lions, beaver, otters and other wildlife.

08/11/2015

St. Charles - Big A's Restaurant
THIS WEDNESDAY! August 12 - 6:30 p.m.
"Drinking the Big Muddy" Presentation by Tim Ganz and Tom Simmons of Missouri American Water
http://bigmuddyspeakers.org/events/event/drinkingwater_stchas-2015/

Tim Ganz and Tom Simmons, employees at drinking water supplier Missouri American Water, will share some of the unique engineering and water quality challenges that they face on a daily basis turning the Muddy Missouri into quality drinking water for their customers.

08/11/2015

Tonight, August 11 - 7:00 p.m. in Rocheport - Les Bourgeois Bistro
"Voices of Missouri's Rivers" Presentation by William Turner, author and retired biologist with Mo. Dept. of Conservation
http://bigmuddyspeakers.org/events/event/rivervoices-roche2015/

Bill will share some of the stories from his amazing historical and ecological survey of our Missouri River treasures, recently published by the Mo. Dept. of Conservation – “Voices of Missouri’s Rivers”.

07/06/2015

Tuesday, July 14, 2015 7pm Les Bourgeois Vineyards Bistro
The view from the pilot house – challenges and opportunities in Missouri River navigation
Presentation by Captain Steve Engemann, towboat pilot and President of Hermann Sand and Gravel
http://bigmuddyspeakers.org/events/event/navigation_roche-2015/

Captain Steve Engemann, pilot and President of Hermann Sand and Gravel, will join us to talk about his experiences in navigation industry on the Missouri River.

07/06/2015

Tuesday, July 7, 2015 7:00 pm Westport CoffeeHouse Theater
"Life in Kansas City…300 Million Years Ago" Presentation by Richard Gentile, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Geosciences at UMKC
NOTE – This presentation is a reschedule of a talk originally scheduled for June
http://bigmuddyspeakers.org/events/event/geology_kc-2015/

Dr. Richard Gentile will join us for a peek beneath the surface and back in time at the forces that shaped the geology of the Kansas City area, and what effect that geology has on our lives today.

07/06/2015

Wednesday, July 8, 6:30pm at Big A's on the Riverfront
"Reconnecting Rivers and Floodplains - Reconciling Theory & Practice" Presentation by David Galat, PhD, former Associate Professor with University of Missouri Fish and Wildlife Coop Unit
http://bigmuddyspeakers.org/events/event/floodplains_stchas-2015/

Connectivity between large rivers and their floodplains is an ecological driver in river systems. Dr. Galat will be sharing some of the research on floodplain connectivity on large rivers around the world as well as the Lower Missouri River, and reconciling the theory and practice of connectivity.

06/01/2015

Wednesday, June 10, 6:30 p.m. at Big A's in St. Charles "Cleaning up the Weldon Spring Site" Presentation by Yvonne Deyo and Kevin McCarthy, Weldon Spring Site Interpretive Center
(http://bigmuddyspeakers.org/events/event/weldon_stchas2015/)

Chemical and radioactive contamination at the Weldon Spring Site led to a major environmental cleanup effort starting in 1986. Yyvone Deyo and Kevin McCarthy will share the story of the Weldon Spring Site’s complicated past and cleanup, describe the long-term surveillance and maintenance program, an…

06/01/2015

TOMORROW, June 2, 7:00 p.m. at Les Bourgeois Bistro in Rocheport "Ultra Marathon Paddling: Tips on preparing for the MR340 and other irrationally long races" (http://bigmuddyspeakers.org/events/event/riverracing-roche2015/)

10 years ago Bryan Hopkins was in the first batch of racers to attempt the Missouri American Water MR340 and has grown to be a consistent contender in Missouri River races. He’s going to provide tips on preparing your equipment, boat, body, brain and heart for endurance paddling races. This is going…

05/21/2015

Kansas City: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 7:00 p.m. "Canoeing the Great Plains - A Missouri River Summer"
Presentation by: Author and historian Patrick Dobson, PhD
http://bigmuddyspeakers.org/events/event/dobsoncanoe-kc2015/

Tired of an unfulfilling life in Kansas City, Missouri, Patrick Dobson left his job and set off on foot across the Great Plains. After two and a half months, 1,450 miles, and numerous encounters with the people of the heartland, Patrick arrived in Montana. He then set a canoe on the Missouri and ask…

05/12/2015

Wednesday, May 13, 6:30 p.m at Big A’s Restaurant in St. Charles
"From 'Save it, don’t pave it' to Green Infrastructure"
Presentation by Melissa Moulton, Maryland Heights Residents for Responsible Growth. Hosted by Greenway Network.
http://bigmuddyspeakers.org/events/event/development-stchas2015/

Maryland Heights Residents for Responsible Growth, a local grass-roots organization, recently conducted a feasibility study to identify how green infrastructure methods can protect and conserve natural resources while adding value to development plans. Melissa will reveal the results of the study, w…

05/12/2015

Tonight: May 12, 7:00 p.m.
"The Cottonwood Conundrum & the Flood of 2011"
- presentation by Mark Dixon, Missouri River Institute, University of South Dakota
http://bigmuddyspeakers.org/events/event/cottonwood-roche2015/

Mark Dixon will provide an overview of the “cottonwood conundrum”, the effects of the 2011 flood, and lessons learned about the challenges of cottonwood restoration on the Missouri River.

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