Paddle’s Up to Momma Mississippi
From the wonderland of the Arkansas River Confluence
~~~Lower Mississippi River Dispatch No. 1028~~~ Since 1995 ~ “Voice of the Lower Mississippi River” ~Quapaw Canoe Company, Clarksdale, Mississippi~
All photos from week-long April 2026 expedition with ecology grad students from Colorado Western University, semi-annual adventure into the Deep South exploring community & culture in the Lower Mississippi Valley, including members from the microbiota to the macro, from the invertebrate to the vertebrate, led by the Clark School of Environment & Sustainability.
Quapaw Canoe Company Spring/Summer 2026 Upcoming Public Trips & Events Friday, April 24 Community Canoe, Helena, AR Details & Reservations Saturday, April 25 Words on Water with Ralph Eubanks Sunday, April 26 Spring Initiative Mississippi River Beach Day! May Saturday, May 16 Community Canoe, Clarksdale, MS Details & Reservations Tuesday, May 19 to Thursday May 21 Lower Mississippi Mississippi River Science Symposium Tulane College, New Orleans Mon-Thurs May 25-28 Mississippi River Summer Canoe Camp -- 3rd-11th grade -- Girls Details & Signup Here June Mon-Thurs June 1-4 Mississippi River Summer Canoe Camp -- 3rd-11th grade -- Boys Details & Signup Here Fri-Sun June 5-7 Sinners Follow-Up Clarksdale Cultural Capital Sat June 6 Sunflower River Canoing & Nature Walks 8-10am from behind the Quapaw Canoe Company, downtown Clarksdale, in conjunction with Cultural Capital "Sinners Follow-Up." Self-guided round trip walks or paddling through the floodplain of the Sunflower RIver in downtown Clarksdale. Sun June 7 Sumner Round Trip Big Canoe 10am-1pm from parkland in downtown Sumner, MS, in conjunction with Cultural Capital Sinners Follow-Up, in honor of Emmett Till. 1/2 hour round trip paddles through downtown Sumner. Sat June 13 Community Canoe, Helena, AR Details & Reservations
This is awesome!!!