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July-August 2007 Exploring the Mississippi from the Twin Cities to the Quad Cities July-August 2007 Row, Row, Row Your Boat River Books for Summer Reading Chewing Up an Old River Butterflies Neighborhood of the Mississippi Valley www.big-river.com July-August 2007 / BIG RIVER MAGAZINE 1 C OVERING THE U PPER M ISSISSIPPI SIN C E 1 9 9 3 TM July-August 2007 FEATURES DEPARTMENTS 22 Chewing Up a Neighborhood 5 From the Riverbank Expansion of ADM facilities in south Clinton, Corn crazy. Iowa, is changing the neighborhood to an By Reggie McLeod industrial area. By Julie Johnson 7 River News Sacred sites, scarce bluebills, new trails. 28 Photo Essay: Butterflies of the Upper Mississippi River Valley 19 Big River News Feature By Gary and Deb Rodock A proposed new rail spur at Alliant’s power plant provokes questions about eagles and access. Rowing on the River 32 By Pamela Eyden There’s nothing rowers like better than a long straight stretch of quiet river water. 36 Know Your River By Meggan Massie and Pamela Eyden A river of sand flows beneath the one we see and keeps Army Corps of Engineers dredges busy. River Books for Summer Reading 38 By Reggie McLeod Travel memoirs, bug books and kid science — great summer reads. 62 Advertiser Index 47 Finding a Brook in the Backwaters Where did I see that ad…? Where maps disagree a kayak settles the 64 Big River Places: Sylvan Island question. A hiking and mountain biking riverside sojourn By Pamela Eyden through Midwest industrial history. By Bill Jacobs 22 32 Right: Minnesota Boat Club scullers (Su- sanne Holderried); South Clinton resident Ed Broderick (Julie Johnson); monarch butterfly (Gary Rodock) Cover: University of Minnesota rowing team practices on the river. (Eric Miller/Uni- versity of Minnesota) 28 Wild Rose Timberworks Wild Rose Timberworks Traditional timber construction Traditional timber construction for homes, barns, and shelters. for homes, barns, and shelters. Wild Rose Timberworks Wild Rose Timberworks Located in Decorah, Iowa Located in Decorah, Iowa (563) 382-8500 or (563) 382-6245 (563) 382-8500 or (563) 382-6245 www.wildrosetimberworks.com www.wildrosetimberworks.com We’ve got the river covered Wild Rose Timberworks Wild Rose Timberworks • 40' - 50' Slip Rental • Full Service Gas Dock • Marine/Gift Store • Mechanical Services From recreational boating to commercial river transportation. The Waterways Journal Inc. family of publications delivers news important • Inside/Outside Winter to you. Storage on Site • Protected Harbor Call (314) 241-7354 for more bordered by Mississippi information. 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Reggie McLeod Editor/Publisher n a late spring drive through ing the ethanol burns energy. the rolling hills of south- Most of the people who study Big River™ Oeast Minnesota and north- this sort of thing agree that you get east Iowa, I was surprised to see how a bit more energy from burning the Big River Magazine (ISSN 1070-8340) is pub- much land was planted in corn. Many ethanol than you invest into grow- lished six times a year by Open River Press with assistance from Riverwise, Inc., 70 1/2 E. Fourth hillsides that should have had con- ing the corn and making it. They also St., PO Box 204, Winona, MN 55987; (507) tour strips of alfalfa to reduce the agree that making ethanol costs more 454-5949; fax: (507) 454-2133; erosion were plowed and planted than pumping oil and making gaso- email: [email protected]; website: www.big-river.com in corn. For the last couple of years, line, thus the subsidy. You are pay- thanks to the ethanol boom, corn ing taxes to make the ethanol cheap Reggie McLeod .........editor/publisher farmers are finally making some enough for you to buy. Molly McGuire ........managing editor money. Current forecasts predict that On the plus side, even with all the Pamela Eyden ..........news/photo editor corn acreage could increase as much energy inputs that go into growing Contributing editors as 15 percent this year over last year. the corn and making the ethanol, less Marc Hequet .........Twin Cities Problem is, growing more corn greenhouse gas is created by burning Becky Sisco ............Dubuque, Iowa to make more ethanol creates more a gallon of ethanol than burning gas- Maureen J. Cooney ..office/sales pollution — especially in the river oline, according to most studies. And, Kathy Delano ...........sales/design — and will have little affect on our the ethanol replaces harmful gasoline Robert Copeland .......bookkeeping energy independence. If every bushel additives. Jenni McCool ...........subscriptions of corn grown in the United States Most of the corn grown in the Patricia McGuire .....bills & renewals assistant were converted to ethanol, it would United States is grown on the Missis- Subscriptions are $27 for one year, $49 for two replace about 10 percent of the gaso- sippi River watershed, especially in years or $4.95 per single issue. Send subscrip- line. Our taxes subsidize growing the Illinois and Iowa. What happens to tions, single-copy orders and change-of-address corn and making the ethanol. Our the nitrogen and phosphorus applied requests to Big River, PO Box 204, Winona, MN 55987. taxes will pay to repair some of the to fertilize the corn? What happens Second-class postage paid at Winona, MN. damage, and the damage that is not to the atrazine applied to keep the POSTMASTER: send change-of-address repaired will deplete resources that weeds out of the corn? What happens requests to Big River, PO Box 204, Winona, MN we all depend on for our health and to the soil washed off the hillsides 55987. jobs. after hay strips are plowed under to Big River Magazine, Volume 15, Number 4, Here’s how it works: Planting the grow more corn? Much of it washes copyright July 2007. Reproduction in whole or in corn burns energy. Making the fer- into the river. part without written permission of the publisher is prohibited. tilizer and herbicides burns energy. Algae fed by those fertilizers turns Printed by W&C Printing, Winona, Minn. Applying the fertilizer and herbicides the river brown in the summer. That burns energy. Harvesting the corn algae blocks the light that plants burns energy. Drying the corn burns need to grow and to provide food for energy. Shipping the corn burns ducks and shelter for young fish. energy. Cooking the corn and distill- (Riverbank continues on page 49) Contacts (800) 303-8201. For information about stories, columns and River News, contact Reggie McLeod, Pamela Eyden or Molly McGuire ([email protected]). For information about placing an ad in Big River or for information about selling Big River magazines contact Kathy Delano or Maureen J. Cooney ([email protected]). We must receive ads by July 9 to get them into the September-October 2007 magazine. July-August 2007 / BIG RIVER MAGAZINE 5 MISSISSIPPI RIVERFRONT CONDOS The Twisted Chicken “Beyond The Ordinary” ❁ Fresh Fish Flown In ❁ Organic & Locally Grown Produce Eclectic Dining Lunch & Dinner Art Gallery Coffee Bar Summer Hours: LUNCH 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. ! 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Winona Trempealeau The family, Cha Yang, his fiance Dresbach Onalaska See Her and her two children ing a pier, running a La Crescent La Crosse Amanda Xiong and Joshua Xiong, ferry between Davenport Brownsville Stoddard were former residents who had and Rock Island, creating an Genoa New Albin Victory returned to visit and borrowed a fish- observation deck, installing a Desoto Lansing Ferryville ing boat for the day. After an after- sculpture garden, lighting up the Lynxville noon of fishing they pulled up the dam or just planting trees and leav- Harpers Ferry anchor and tried to start the motor. ing the area open so people can get Marquette Prairie du Chien McGregor Wyalusing When the motor didn’t start, tur- close to the river.
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