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Music, poetry, birdsong and green leaves at O’Brien

By Greg Seitz | May 8, 2011 | 3 minute read

Carol Caouette and Laurie Allman performing "River Croix"

Spring has finally sprung and a party at William O’Brien State Park, with music and poetry, was a good excuse to get to the river.

Vandal destroys restroom at landing near Rush City

By Greg Seitz | May 4, 2011 | < 1 minute read

The destroyed bathroom

A man has been arrested for causing approximately $60,000 in damage with a bomb at the Old Railroad Landing

Paddler sets off on trip from St. Paul to Lake Superior

By Greg Seitz | May 1, 2011 | 3 minute read

Pushing off

A St. Paul man set off today for a 290 mile canoe trip to Madeline Island on Lake Superior via the St. Croix, the Brule, and beyond.

Invasive carp found near Prescott

By Greg Seitz | April 22, 2011 | 3 minute read

A Bighead carp found in the St. Croix River

A bighead carp caught in the St. Croix near its confluence with the Mississippi has big implications for the future of native fish in the river.

Webcams give live view of nesting falcons

By Greg Seitz | April 19, 2011 | 2 minute read

Peregine Falcon

Watch Peregrine Falcons incubate their eggs and raise their young on the tower of the Allen S. King Plant near Bayport.

Prairie restoration has no place for pines

By Greg Seitz | April 19, 2011 | 2 minute read

Restoration area at Belwin Conservancy

An effort to restore part of Belwin Conservancy to natural prairie has meant the cutting of a large stand of pines that were planted by farmers in the 1950s or 1960s.

Eagle event will feature live birds

By Greg Seitz | April 6, 2011 | < 1 minute read

Bald eagle

Join the National Park Service this Saturday for a day of learning and celebration of our national symbol.

Group organizes trip down entire river

By Greg Seitz | April 6, 2011 | 2 minute read

Be Moved by the St. Croix River

To celebrate its 100th anniversary, the St. Croix River Association will travel the whole river in July, and the public is invited to join the trip.

Second crest predicted to be higher

By Greg Seitz | April 6, 2011 | < 1 minute read

April 5 2011 St. Croix River chart

After cresting last week and bottoming out again yesterday, the river is on its way back up to potentially an even higher crest than the first.

Time-lapse flood video

By Greg Seitz | April 4, 2011 | < 1 minute read

A Hudson photographer has created a time-lapse video of the rising waters last week.

The St. Croix subway

By Greg Seitz | February 24, 2011 | < 1 minute read

Mississippi River system map

The St. Croix is included in a cool map of the Mississippi River system, done in a style usually associated with subways.

"The paint dries fast out here"

By Greg Seitz | July 27, 2010 | < 1 minute read

Bob White painted a scene while anchored off a shore of the St. Croix River at William O'Brien State Park.

Marine on St. Croix painter and fishing guide Bob White spent much of his life traveling between Alaska and Argentina, but he calls the St. Croix River home now.

A "watery embrace"

By Greg Seitz | June 21, 2010 | < 1 minute read

A canoe and fisherman on the upper St. Croix River

The wildness, beauty and joy of the upper St. Croix River really shines through in a piece from the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.

Exploring the river’s biggest park

By Greg Seitz | June 6, 2010 | 6 minute read

Canoeing, camping and fly-fishing for bass on the river in Minnesota’s St. Croix State Park.

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