Boyce Upholt on The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi

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03/11/2025 1h 3min
Boyce Upholt on The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi

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Journalist Boyce Upholt talks about the history and geography of the Mississippi River and human attempts to control it going back to the Founding Era. He discusses how government-built levees, dikes, and dams have transformed the landscape and ecosystem along the 2,340-mile-long Mississippi and the impact that commerce, floods, and pollution have had on the population along its banks.



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