Note: The interview has been edited for length and clarity. I first engaged with the Blue River through hiking and volunteering at the...

Pat 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...

Stephen moved from Springfield to Kansas City for a watershed management role with the Missouri Department of Conservation. One of the...

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...

When 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...

I 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...

I 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...

I 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...

After grad school in 2008 I came to KCMO to work for a planning and architecture office focused on sustainability and environmental...

What does the Blue River mean to me? The Blue River represents a huge resilient everchanging green space that meanders through our home,...

What 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...

A part of my job responsibility is to work with local high-risk runoff sites, which are primarily of an industrial nature. The focus is...

I 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...

The Blue River begins its life at the confluence of two creeks in southern Johnson County, Kansas and enters Missouri just south of MO150...

Note: 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...

I 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...

Before I was an AmeriCorps VISTA serving with Heartland Conservation Alliance in 2015 through 2016, I had not heard of the Blue River....

I 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...

HCA 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...

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...