Our Mission
To aid in the protection, preservation, and restoration of the natural environment of the nation's major rivers and their watersheds.
To aid in the protection, preservation, and restoration of the natural environment of the nation's major rivers and their watersheds.
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With its floating classroom barge and hands-on workshops, the Mississippi River Institute is connecting young adults and school-aged kids to the river’s ecological and economic importance, while opening their eyes to careers they may have never considered.
A nonprofit river clean-up and conservation organization that has been traveling the Mississippi River has now parked its classroom barge in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Looking out over the Harriet Island Regional Park in St. Paul, Minn., it’s hard to miss the trademark No. 2 pencil and ruler spuds and custom steel rebar railings of the Mississippi River Institute (MRI). The floating classroom, owned and operated by Living Lands & Waters (LL&W), is docked at its new location of St. Paul after a successful school year educating students on the Mississippi River in St. Louis for the fall 2024 semester, and in Memphis, Tenn., this spring.
"All you need to do is change your world. That's how the world changes." - Chad Pregracke
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