The River Is Calling — Will You Answer? River Days of Action and National Mississippi River Day 2026

About this episode

The episode discusses upcoming events to celebrate and restore the Mississippi River.

Send us Fan Mail The weather is warming in our part of the world, which means many of us are working on plans to spend time on or near the Mississippi River. And now we’ve got a couple of excellent ways to kick it off, two events that have quickly become central to celebrating the river and doing our part to help restore the health and beauty of the river: River Days of Action (June 1-15) and National Mississippi River Day (June 2). In this episode, I talk with Michael Anderson, the Director ...

People in this episode

Host: Dean Klinkenberg

Guest: Michael Anderson

Topics covered

• Mississippi River
• environmental action
• community events
• river health
• celebration

Keywords

• Mississippi River
• River Days of Action
• National Mississippi River Day
• environment
• community

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