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Missouri National Recreational River preserves 98 miles of relatively natural, free-flowing river, designated by Congress under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.

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Seasonal Biological Science Technician positions at MNRR will be posting soon! Check out the links below.

Biological Science Technician, GS-0404-4: https://t.co/GAwSunpRUF
Biological Science Technician, GS-0404-5: https://t.co/tOmbU3ejSZ
Student Trainee: https://t.co/Kw3D2hbjLj

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Are you looking for something to keep you busy this summer?

Apply today for Missouri National Recreational River's Seasonal Laborer position: https://t.co/jY8tFxLRSb.

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Search efforts continue for Phillip Anthony Snoozy, 23, of Yankton, SD. If you have any information regarding this individual, please contact Cedar County Sheriff's Office at [phone] or National Park Service Dispatch at [phone].

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Missouri National Recreational River Headquarters Office will be closed today, January 12th, due to the Winter Storm Warning and poor road conditions. Please contact 605-464-7645 with any questions or concerns. Stay safe and warm!

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Missouri National Recreational River's Headquarters Office will be closed today due to poor road conditions. Please take caution and stay safe. Feel free to contact us at 605-464-7645 with any questions or concerns.

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Mulberry Bend Overlook is closed due to recent snowfall and will reopen when conditions are again safe for visitors.

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Struck by the Ree signed the 1858 treaty ceding tribal lands – which made him unpopular. However he insisted that the Yankton Sioux (Ihaƞktoƞwaƞ Oyate), traditional keepers of the Pipestone quarries, retain a square mile reservation at the quarries to use in perpetuity.

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35 million bison once lived in North America. The Great Plains was the heartland for plains bison, who roamed in large herds; 200 years ago, bison were a common site along the Missouri River. The sounds of their hoofs roared like thunder on the prairie.

Photo:Tom Pemrick 2022

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Goat Island became part of Missouri Natn'l Rec. River after the government discovered it had never been surveyed as belonging to Nebraska or South Dakota.

Locals know it as Jake’s Island because one-armed local character Norman Jaquith raised livestock there.
#VermillionSD

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Today, the Mandan live along the Missouri in western North Dakota, but their traditions link them to the middle stretches of the river as well, including sites like Spirit Mound.

#kniferiverindianvillage #Mandan #SpiritMoundTrust #SDintheField

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Do you love historic buildings? Are you sorry you missed our architectural tours of #YanktonSD? The City of Yankton offers a virtual architectural tour at:
https://t.co/DoJHHvsHq8

What's your favorite Yankton building?

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“Morning is the dream renewed, the heart refreshed, earth’s forgiveness painted in the colors of the dawn” Kent Nerburn

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We don’t think of beaver as prairie animals, but they served a key role in prairie ecosystems until their near-extermination by the fur trade in the early 1800s when populations declined 80-98%. Today they help restore the land with ~15 million inhabiting North America!

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Several Upper Plains winter counts for 1825/26 record Mní wičhát’E - “water; many died” in memory of a Spring flood in 1826 that killed many people along the Missouri River. As many as 30 lodges were near present-day Pickstown, SD when the waters came.

#wintercount #weather

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Need some quiet time under the stars? Consider camping on the river at one of our campsites on Green or Goat Islands or walk in at Bow Creek.

Free registration online at https://t.co/pfMlutenBn

Leave no Trace – pack out what you pack in!

#camping #adventure #leavenotrace

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Everyone’s Buzzing About Spirit Mound!

The sunflowers have opened, inviting the bees and beckoning hikers. PLUS South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks has installed new steps to the summit!

#SDintheField #southdakotahiking #bees #pollinators #SpiritMound
NPS Image - A Lundberg

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We LOVE pictures of our river, eagles, and the surrounding area. So we encourage you to drop by the Bede Gallery at Mt. Marty University M-F 8am-8pm until Sept. 23rd to take in Paul Haren’s show “Art in the Eye of the Beholder.”

#mountmarty #missouririver #photography

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How did we cross the Wide Missouri before concrete and steel bridged it? After 1890 pontoon bridges spanned the river, but changing currents and floods often sent them swirling downstream. In 1924 after 12 failed initiatives, the Meridian Bridge made the crossing permanent.

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Born in August 1804: Headman Struck by the Ree (Phadáni Aphápi). Supposedly Lewis and Clark wrapped him as a baby in an American flag, predicting he would be a great leader. But the Yankton Sioux (Ihaƞktoƞwaƞ Oyate) say the flag was payment for passage through their territory.

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Join Ranger Ann tomorrow, September 1st, from 12pm -1 pm at Mead Museum in Yankton, SD, for a program about Lakota Star knowledge. While Ranger Ann does not claim tribal identity, she has an abiding interest in this topic. Image: Lakota Star Quilt MSU Museum