International Conference on Rivers and Civilization:
Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Major River Basins

La Crosse, Wisconsin USA
June 25-28, 2006

• Planning Committee Directory (PDF)

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Special Sessions Summary

(does not include contributed presentations)

Group 1: History, Engineering, Ecology, River Management, Archeology, Socioeconomics, Sustainability, Human Vulnerability

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• Session 1-1: Civilizing The Mississippi: River Engineering and Its Consequences
• Session 1-2: Ecosystem Services Provided By Major Rivers: Concepts, Measures, and Applications
• Session 1-3: Lessons From The Deep History And Recent History Of The Missouri, Illinois, And Upper Mississippi Rivers
• Session 1-4: Ecology, Trade, And Sustainable Agriculture In The Mississippi River Basin
• Session 1-5: Archeological, Anthropological, and Historical Perspectives On The Upper Mississippi Valley
• Session 1-6: Historical Ecology: Reconstructing The Past To Guide The Future
• Session 1-7: Historical And Contemporary Development And Use Of The Upper Mississippi River
• Session 1-8: The Mississippi-Mekong Partnership: A Model Of Global Cooperation
• Session 1-9: Bioassessment And Monitoring Of Non-Wadeable Streams and Rivers
• Session 1-10: Illinois River Restoration: Concepts, Background, and Specific Examples
• Session 1-11: Restoration Of Historic River Fronts
• Session 1-12: Void
• Session 1-13: Navigation And The Environment; Planning For A Sustainable Upper Mississippi River System With Reference To The Middle Parana River Of South America
• Session 1-14: Ecosystem Restoration on the Ume River (Sweden) and the Mississippi River (USA)
• Session 1-15: Water Of Wisconsin: An Initiative For The Future Of Wisconsin's Water

Group 2: Literature, Art, And Music

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• Session 2-1: Connecting Lives And Literature: Rivers, A Moving Sense Of Place
• Session 2-2: Void
• Session 2-3: Steamboat A'coming: Photographic History Of Steamboats On The Upper Mississippi River
• Session 2-4: John Wesley Powell and The Colorado River Dream
• Session 2-5: Choreographic Presentation On The Science Of Water Flow
• Session 2-6: Narrated Painting Exhibit: Landscapes Of Russian Rivers
• Session 2-7: Narrated Photography Exhibit: Rivers Of The Upper Midwest, A Survey Of River Environs Of The Region
• Session 2-8: Anhropomorphism, Personification, and Environmentalism In Environmental Arts
• Session 2-9: International Friendship Conference
• Session 2-10: Native American Storytelling
• Session 2-11: Exhibit of Regional Artists

Group 3: Environmental Education

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• Session 3-1: Environmental Education: Models and Partnerships for the Future

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