Aug. 27: Orientation and transit from Minneapolis to Lake Itasca
Aug. 28-29: Lake Itasca: Kick-off for听the “Mississippi: An Anthropocene River” project, organized by the Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW), the Goethe Institute, and Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, including engagement around Line 3 with , and orientation to the headwaters at the University of Minnesota’s Biological Field Station
Aug. 30 – Sept. 2:听paddle听in tandem canoes from Lake Itasca (headwaters) to Bemidji
Sept. 3 -19: shuttle to Twin Cities: activities/site visits/classes on campus and in Twin Cities
Sept. 20-21:听 听“Sediment, Settlement, Sentiment” in Minneapolis/St. Paul
Sept. 22-24: paddle from La Crosse to Bad Ax
Sept. 25-28: 听“Anthropocene Drift” in the Driftless Area in SW Wisconsin
Sept. 26 – Oct. 3: transit through Quad Cities, Hannibal, Burlington (by van with camping and site visits along the way)
Oct. 4 – 10:听听St. Louis area (multiple site visits and possible听paddle middle Mississippi with Mike Clark of Big Muddy Adventures)
Oct. 11 -17:听听“Confluence Ecologies” in听Carbondale/Paducah area (Deep Time Chicago) vans and paddle from Cairo to New Madrid
Oct. 18 – 30:听听with van shuttle to Memphis, Jackson, Old River Control, Angola Prison, and Natchez
Oct 31 – Nov. 8:听paddle听heavily industrialized “Chemical Corridor” from Baton Rouge to New Orleans, LA (NOLA)
Nov. 9-16: New Orleans and at Tulane鈥檚
Nov. 17-22:听paddle to the Gulf of Mexico at the Head of Passes
Nov. 23 – Nov. 26: transit through Delta and Cajun country back to Minneapolis for Thanksgiving
Dec. 1 – Dec. 12: wrapping up classes on campus
Dec. 9: Presentation and Celebration at MWMO office
Dec. 18: Final papers/projects due