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Guided Float Trip a Chance to Rediscover the Missouri River

By Jim Low, Missouri Dept. of Conservation

First posted on 05-15-2009

Newcomers to the river will enjoy naturalist and history programs, plus live music and drawings for prizes.

Missourians who are curious about their state’s namesake river can rediscover the history and grandeur of the Big Muddy on a guided float trip June 20.

The easy float will take participants 9.5 miles on the Lewis and Clark Water Trail, from Katfish Katy Campground on the Katy Trail at Huntsdale to Cooper’s Landing, also on the Katy Trail, at Easley. The tour passes Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area and will include a stop on California Island.

The event is scheduled to last from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Programs on the river will cover river ecology and history and include live animals. The event also will feature live music, a raffle and drawings for attendance prizes.

For registration information, visit http://www.moriver.org/float.html, or contact Billy Polansky, 540-226-3806, .

The event, including a shuttle and lunch, costs $30. Participants must provide their own canoes or kayaks. Rentals are available from:

* Mighty Mo Canoe Rental, 205 Central St., Rocheport, MO 65279, phone 573-698-3903, e-mail , online booking at http://www.mighty-mo.com/.

* Katfish Katy Campground, phone 573-447-3939, e-mail .

The trip is insured and sanctioned by the U.S. Canoe Association. Sponsors of the event include the Missouri departments of Conservation and Natural Resources, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Big Muddy Fish and Wildlife Refuge and the U.S. Geological Survey.

For more information about the Lewis and Clark Water Trail, visit http://www.dnr.mo.gov/water-trail/index.html.

(Missouri Department of Conservation photo)

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Comments:

Thanks, Kelly, I’m really glad to hear you are enjoying the site. We would be delighted if you told everyone you know .

We’ll continue keep an eye out for these kinds of stories. Jim Low is a regular contributor and I think this story was posted on the MDC site, too. We check out Jim’s work (and others) here: http://mdc.mo.gov/news/ .

Thanks again, Kelly.

By Robert J. Korpella on June 19, 2009 - 7:29 pm

I am new to this website and love it.  I am wondering however why this information wasn’t on the MDC website which I look at quite often, unless I overlooked it which is possible.  Please keep informing of us of upcoming events in the outdoors like this one!

By Kelly Potter on June 19, 2009 - 8:53 am