Episode 43 - The Rivers that Shape Us… The Mississippi, Dams, and Birds

Join us as Nick Beaufeaux, Maintenance Chief for Elm Creek Park Reserve and Mississippi Gateway Regional Park, discusses why Three Rivers Park District operates a dam and how t is being used to stop invasive species. National Park Service ranger Sharon Stiteler talks to us about why the portion of the Mississippi River through Minneapolis is a National River and Recreation Area and why it is important to migrating birds.