Oct 4, 20212 minRoberta Vogel-LeutungNote: The interview has been edited for length and clarity. I first engaged with the Blue River through hiking and volunteering at the...
Oct 4, 20212 minPat WhalenPat Whalen has lived close to the Blue River most of his life. He remembers as a young teenager going to the river to hang out, fish and...
Oct 4, 20211 minStephen Van RheinStephen moved from Springfield to Kansas City for a watershed management role with the Missouri Department of Conservation. One of the...
Oct 4, 20213 minThe Blue River can be to Kansas City, what oil is to Alaska. An Asset! By Carl Stafford The Blue River is a 'natural resource', and as an Artist who wants to use the Arts and nature to address environmental...
Oct 4, 20211 minNancy SimonsWhen I was a little girl we moved to Blue Valley. The street behind my house had a little park, Corrington Park, and the Blue River runs...
Oct 4, 20211 minMichael PriceI spent a long time at the Blue River in various folds and sections and saw it at its most beautiful and its worst. I've seen it wind...
Oct 4, 20213 minZac LoehrI live one mile down the road from Blue River Road, and since I manage the trails and I’m a mountain biker, I’m out there 3-4 days a week...
Oct 4, 20212 minLara IschI have lived in the Kansas City metro area my entire life and I grew up being outside as much as possible, from biking to Girl Scout...
Oct 4, 20211 minChristina HoxieAfter grad school in 2008 I came to KCMO to work for a planning and architecture office focused on sustainability and environmental...
Oct 4, 20211 minBill FesslerWhat does the Blue River mean to me? The Blue River represents a huge resilient everchanging green space that meanders through our home,...
Oct 4, 20212 minLaurie BrownWhat strikes me most about the Blue River is how much it changes. It goes from relatively pristine and rural with all of the critters and...
Oct 4, 20211 minJing TaoA part of my job responsibility is to work with local high-risk runoff sites, which are primarily of an industrial nature. The focus is...
Oct 4, 20211 minLarry RizzoI spent time growing up exploring the Blue River. I was always outdoors. We fished in the river and me and my friends hung out on some...
Oct 4, 20212 minNeil BeckerThe Blue River begins its life at the confluence of two creeks in southern Johnson County, Kansas and enters Missouri just south of MO150...
Oct 4, 20214 minMatt BlakeNote: This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Can you share a favorite memory or a few memories of The Blue River in your...
Oct 4, 20212 minKate DelehuntI was a middle school science teacher for many years. I was fortunate to get to be a part of designing the science space in the new...
Oct 4, 20212 minBrianna LeikerBefore I was an AmeriCorps VISTA serving with Heartland Conservation Alliance in 2015 through 2016, I had not heard of the Blue River....
Oct 4, 20212 minVicki BeiringerI grew up playing in a creek. In New Orleans when my family built a new house, I found a canal right behind my house. I was gone from...
Oct 4, 20211 min#RenewtheblueHCA Social Media: Did you spend some time at the Blue River this weekend? If so, comment what you did and if not, comment your favorite...
Oct 4, 20215 minDon Wilkison Note: This interview has been edited for length and clarity Tell us about a memory or your experience of the Blue River. I have a lot of...