The Plight Of The Mississippi
Presented by Michael Breitbach.
Fish cannot migrate up the second largest river watershed in the world. The Mississippi is the conduit for all the ingredients that make the "Dead Zone" in the Gulf of Mexico. Much of the farmland in this watershed has eroded at an alarming rate in the past 50 years, filling the tributaries and the main stem of the Mississippi with silt. Locks and Dams that have been in place for over 50 years have caused backwater habitat to disappear. This workshop is a discussion of the current environmental issues in The Mississippi Flyway led by Michael Breitbach, twenty year member of The Mississippi River Revival.
