Join the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC℠) in celebration of National Environmental Education Week with a virtual Neighbor Nights featuring a presentation on the center’s educational initiatives.

The National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC℠) invites the public to a river clean-up event at the Jerry Costello Confluence Field Station.

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) on Tuesday announced it’s launching a new website: Conservation Inclusive Construction and Development Archive (CICADA).

The National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC℠) has announced the winners of the Swarovski Waterschool photo contest, recently held in recognition of United Nations World Water Day and as part of the 2021 Water Festival.

NGRREC Assistant Amy Monroe demonstrates how to create a water cycle in a plastic bag. Photo by Jan Dona, L&C Media Services

The National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC℠) and Swarovski Waterschool will host a student photography contest to celebrate United Nations World Water Day on March 22.

Water will be the focus of the March Neighbor Nights virtual event at The National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRRECsm). The event, entitled “All About Water,” will focus on the various aspects of water education offered at the center and United Nations World Water Day coming up on March 22.

The National Great Rivers Research and Education (NGRRECsm) is accepting applications for a summer program aimed at giving undergraduates the opportunity to conduct real-life field research in area wetlands.

Join the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC) for a Neighbor Nights virtual event, highlighting the work of the center’s Habitat Strike Team.

The National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRRECsm) invites members of the community to take part in The Great Backyard Bird Count, an annual global event designed to better understand global bird populations and their annual migrations.

Join the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRRECsm) for a Neighbor Nights virtual presentation on the purpose of the Critical Interface Network (CINet) project.

The National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC℠) has been chosen to lead the outreach and education component of a $6 million grant awarded to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Civil and Environmental Engineering department.

Join the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC) for a Neighbor Nights virtual presentation on why the Mississippi River is considered one of the world’s great waterways.

It’s only been a couple months since Jen Young joined the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC℠) as an environmental educator, but she’s already making waves of progress within the program, stationed at the Jerry F. Costello Confluence Field Station in East Alton.

Hard work and a clear vision of what he wants to achieve has helped a Lewis and Clark Community College student step from his degree program into his field of choice.

Neighbor Nights are back at the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC) in a new virtual format.

Despite the pandemic, Lewis and Clark Community College’s National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC℠) summer internship was able to take place.

Join the Illinois RiverWatch Network and the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC) for the Illinois RiverWatch Fall Speaker Series, featuring free Zoom presentations from four different scientists.

A passion for rivers and a desire to promote place-based environmental education inspired the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center’s new Director of Environmental Education Sarah Fisher to join the team at the Jerry F. Costello Confluence Field Station in East Alton, Illinois.

A RiverWatch volunteer citizen scientist since 1998, Professor John Griffis, father of RiverWatch Technician Hannah-Beth Griffis, helped his children get their feet wet in biological studies in the creeks of the Fox and Des Plaines rivers’ watershed in northern Illinois.

The 30th annual Two Rivers Family Fishing Fair, scheduled for June 6 at Pere Marquette State Park near Grafton on Illinois 100, has been canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

During June and July, members from the Marshall-Putnam 4-H Tech Wizards STEM club and the Saratoga Leadaways Community Club participated in the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center’s Illinois River Watch stream sampling.

Lewis and Clark Community College’s National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC℠) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) would like to address the public regarding an invasive species that was recently detected in the Mississippi River floodplain: Emerald Ash Borer.

Lewis and Clark Community College’s National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC℠) invites the public to attend Brewers and Biologists from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 27, at the Jerry F. Costello Confluence Field Station located at One Confluence Way in East Alton.

Join Lewis and Clark Community College’s National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC℠) on any Tuesday in June for an exclusive look at the Palisades Nature Preserve.

The Swarovski Waterschool USA program at the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC℠) is looking for fifth through eighth-grade teachers (formal and non-formal educators) who want to educate their students about water and river systems, engage them in a community action project, and connect them to their global peers.

The Swarovski Waterschool USA program at the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC℠) invites children ages 10-12 to participate in a free, one-week global education program about water, sanitation, hygiene and the environment.

In conjunction with the Swarovski Waterschool USA: Mississippi River, seventh grade students from Crossroads College Preparatory School in St. Louis toured the Missouri American Water plant in Chesterfield, May 8, in honor of National Drinking Water Week.

Join National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC℠) scientists for an informative presentation on microplastics in fresh water during the next Neighbor Night from 5:30–8 p.m., Tuesday, May 7.

A Riverbend habitat restoration program is among projects funded through the Illinois Habitat Fund Special Wildlife Funds Grant Program, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources announced Wednesday.

The Illinois RiverWatch Network is offering Illinois citizens and educators the chance to train to become citizen scientists and join the network of hundreds of volunteers throughout the state who monitor water quality of Illinois streams.

Swarovski Waterschool USA: Mississippi River celebrated World Water Day, Friday, March 22, with an interactive event that taught attendees about the importance of water.

Swarovski Waterschool USA: Mississippi River is celebrating World Water Day with an interactive event and screening of the new documentary, “WATERSCHOOL,” which brings to life the importance of empowering youth around the globe to become water ambassadors.

Neighbor Nights is a community event series at the National Great Rivers and Education Center held on the first Tuesday of select months from 5:30-8 p.m. throughout the year.

The Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities Foundation (MJCHF) will receive a $95,000 grant from the National Recreation Foundation to fund water recreation through the Swarovski Waterschool USA: Mississippi River and urban gardening efforts through the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville STEM Center in 2019.

For more than a decade now, Dr. Lois Wright Morton and Dr. Kenneth Olson have been working together to publish a series of articles on the impact of flooding on agricultural lands and on managing the river landscapes of North America.

In ecology, the diversity of species generally increases as you move toward the warmer latitudes of the tropics.

HeartLands Conservancy, a nonprofit serving Southwestern Illinois, has received funding from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to develop two watershed plans to address drainage and water quality in the Wood River and Piasa Creek watersheds.