Each day, I face a painting rendered by Gustav Klatt during the last pandemic for my grandfather’s wedding. It hangs in front of me, dated 1919, a reminder of how a pandemic can change lives and one’s own history.
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Hiking at a young age can lead children to form a better understanding of the importance of land stewardship and develop a healthy lifelong relationship with the great Mississippi River.
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The 50th anniversary of the National Park Service Volunteers-In-Parks program has been a year that reaffirmed just how much park programs rely on volunteer support.
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Park Ranger and bird enthusiast Sharon Stiteler shares her favorite spots for fall and winter bird watching in Minnesota.
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Becca is the new Community Forestry Corps Member serving Mississippi Park Connection for the 2020-2021 year!
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Mona Smith, a Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota, reveals the truth of what happened to the Dakota people and makes them visible in their homeland today through her art.
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Check out these new hiking trails at Coldwater Spring near the Mississippi River in Minneapolis! Baltimore Oriole Loop, Scarlet Tanager Loop, and the Indigo Bunting Loop.
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When the pandemic began limiting in-person education earlier this year, our park education team had an opportunity to pivot in a new direction to provide opportunities for distance learning.
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During the week of October 5, you will have a rare opportunity to see what parts of the Mississippi River looked like before it was altered by the lock and dam.
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Meet Mike, the new 2020-21 Minnesota GreenCorps member with Mississippi Park Connection!
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Sharon Sayles Belton has a spring in her step as she peers over the edge of the Saint Anthony Falls lock wall to view the cascading falls below. She looks up at to the Minneapolis skyline along the Mississippi Riverfront, a landscape that she shaped as mayor from 1994 – 2001.
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We invite you to join us in this continual process of making our programs more accessible, the river more equitable, and the stories we tell more diverse, to create a park that is truly inclusive for all.
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