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This episode explores the ecology of the lower Mississippi River with fisheries biologist Jack Killgore.

Send us Fan Mail The lower half of the Mississippi grows to an immense scale that is hard to comprehend until you’re sitting on a small boat in the middle of it. In this season of the Mississippi Valley Traveler podcast, we’re going to go deeper into that world, of the lower Mississippi. We’re kicking off this new season with an episode where we dive into the ecology of the lower River. Long-time fisheries biologist Jack Killgore takes us through the past and present of the lower river’s worl...

People in this episode

Host: Dean Klinkenberg

Guest: Jack Killgore

Topics covered

• ecology
• fisheries
• Mississippi River
• natural world
• environment

Keywords

• Mississippi River
• ecology
• fisheries
• natural world
• environment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mississippi Valley Traveler

Places: Lower Mississippi

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