Rare lake sturgeon caught near Gavins Point Dam
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission caught a rare lake sturgeon in the Missouri River near Gavins Point Dam on April 14 while surveying the river for paddlefish.
The fish weighed 70 pounds and measured nearly 5 feet long.
The sturgeon had been tagged nine years ago near the confluence of the Missouri and Osage Rivers.
#sturgeon #fish #MissouriRiver #Nebraska
https://www.ktiv.com/2026/06/04/rare-lake-sturgeon-caught-near-gavins-point-dam/
‘The cavalry’s coming!’: Indigenous activism from 1492 to Standing Rock
Famed Indigenous activists like Leonard Peltier and Madonna Thunder Hawk and younger activists shared their thoughts with ICT about the evolution of Indigenous activism from the rise of the American Indian Movement in the 1960s to Standing Rock and beyond.
by Kevin Abourezk, May 11, 2026
#CannonballND – "The field is serene. The blades of brown grass, not yet awakened by spring rains, sway gently. In the distance, the #MissouriRiver cuts a blue streak across the unbroken plains. The silence is punctuated only by the sound of passing cars and the low hum of rushing water in nearby #CannonballRiver.
"But if you listen carefully, you can hear defiant voices shouting and then screaming.
"Ten years ago, this land exploded.
"For nearly a year, from April 2016 to February 2017, thousands of people stood strong against #MilitarizedPolice, #FederalTroops and #PrivateSecurityForces [#Blackwater] hired to protect the 1,176-mile #DakotaAccessPipeline. They gathered to resist a private corporation’s efforts to build a pipeline less than a mile from the #StandingRockSioux Reservation near the #NorthDakota-#SouthDakota border.
"In the end, they were forced to evacuate their camps as authorities quieted, but never fully extinguished, the uprising. Some would say the fire that ignited at #StandingRock was lit decades earlier by #NativeActivists who fought oppression and violence in the 1960s and 1970s.
"While Native people have resisted #colonization and its impacts since 1492, the rise of the American Indian Movement in the 1960s marked a turning point in the efforts of Native people to join together and speak in one voice. That torch of resistance was carried all the way from places like #AlcatrazIsland and #WoundedKnee to a field near the Missouri River in 2016.
"The #NoDAPL movement reached its height on Nov. 20, 2016, when hundreds of water protectors gathered on a bridge to clear two burned-out trucks that impeded a public roadway that provided access to the pipeline drill site and to the camp. The confrontation was the most violent clash between water protectors and authorities during the protest and led to nearly 200 people being injured, some seriously."
Read more:
https://ictnews.org/news/the-cavalrys-coming-indigenous-activism-from-1492-to-standing-rock/
#USPol #NativeAmericanActivism #StandWithStandingRock #NativeAmericanHistory #Resistance #IndigenousResistance #Colonialism #CorporateColonialism
Famed Indigenous activists like Leonard Peltier and Madonna Thunder Hawk and younger activists shared their thoughts with ICT about the evolution of Indigenous activism from the rise of the American Indian Movement in the 1960s to Standing Rock and beyond.
The Wisdom of the Turnings
Happy Memorial Day! For many of us, this day marks the unofficial beginning of summer. But the land keeps its own calendar. This essay reflects on the sacred year here in Kansas City as it turns through migrating wings, hedge apples, first frost, thawing clay, and spring storms.https://pagangrove.wordpress.com/2026/05/25/the-spirituality-of-seasonal-transitions/
Sunrise
#Sunrise #MissouriRiver #WashingtonMissouri #Spring2026 #WalkAbout #PhotographyIsArt #Photography #ColorEdit #ColorPreset #GalaxyS26Ultra #GalaxyS26 #GalaxyS26Photography #GalaxyS26UltraPhotography
River Confluence
#RiverConfluence #Confluence #MississippiRiver #MissouriRiver #RuralMissouri #EarlyMorning #WalkAbout #PhotographyIsArt #Photography #ColorEdit #ColorPreset #Pixel10 #Pixel10Pro #Pixel10ProXL #PixelPhotography #ShotOnPixel #GooglePixel
Fun story: @Jillianmarisa and I used this cheap edging at our old place. We decided we didn’t like it. It’s wavy if your yard isn’t perfectly level-whose isn’t? Also, plastic is dumb. We used it all, had no plans for more.
Then kid 1 and I volunteered at a river cleanup. Our team fished a whole roll of it out of the Missouri River 😑.
Rather than landfill it, here we are.
Frosted Sand
#FrostedSand #Sand #MissouriRiver #StCharles #StCharlesMissouri #WalkAbout #PhotographyIsArt #Photography #ColorEdit #ColorPreset #Pixel10 #Pixel10Pro #Pixel10ProXL #PixelPhotography #ShotOnPixel #GooglePixel
River Scene
#RiverScene #MissouriRiver #RiverDebris #StCharles #StCharlesMissouri #WalkAbout #PhotographyIsArt #Photography #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Pixel10 #Pixel10Pro #Pixel10ProXL #PixelPhotography #ShotOnPixel #GooglePixel
Dry outlook persists for Missouri River despite early spring runoff
Despite above average February runoff, the full-year runoff forecast above Sioux City, Iowa is 20.6 MAF, 80% of average. The six mainstem power plants generated 425 million kWh of electricity in February, below the typical February energy generation of 614 million kWh.
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