Can the river count on you?
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River Citizens are a growing national movement of over 20,000 people committed to protecting the country’s greatest River. Whether in armchairs or wading boots, River Citizens protect the River by speaking up on its behalf and caring for it in simple ways that make a big difference.
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What River Citizens Are Saying
The river is the life blood of the region and I want it to be clean!
I am a River Citizen because I was born at the headwaters of the Mississippi in Little Falls and grew up across from the Rock Island Arsenal in Rock Island, IL (I biked there in summer of 2013 and saw there river display) I lived on Nicollet Island for 6 years in late 80’s and to mid 90’s…
Mississippi-based River Citizen
I am a River Citizen because the River is perfect. Man is not perfect. If man makes a mistake against the River, the River will find it, and exploit it.
Author, Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927
and How It Changed America
and How It Changed America
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