the Blue River | Heartland

Don 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...

Building Strong Partnerships for a Healthier Blue River

by Jill Erickson When you want to save a river, where do you start? For the Blue River, Heartland Conservation Alliance chose to focus on...

Report Card Blues: Improving the Grade

By Jill Erickson Creating the 2019 Blue River Report Card was a team effort and the results help us track progress on improving the...

Making the Grade: How healthy is the Blue River?

By Jill Erickson Since its beginning, Heartland Conservation Alliance has focused conservation efforts on the Blue River Watershed. And...

Alliance Services Program Update

As part of our Urban Waters program this year, we will be working this year to create a Water Equity Roadmap, lead a community-led design...

Education & Outreach Program Update

HCA Executive Director Jill Erickson was featured on KKFI's EcoRadio on Monday, Feb. 1. Jill shared updates on our work and answered...

Conservation Program Update

HCA contractor, Courtney Masterson of Native Lands LLC, met members of the Conservation Work Group reviewed plans for updating the 2021...

Does Our Relationship with Nature Make a Difference?

By Jill Erickson At our 7th Annual Partnership Summit this year, we asked Alliance members on our community panel if a relationship with...

Roll out the Red Carpet! Documentary Wins Regional Emmy

By Jill Erickson The story of the Blue River is our story, too. In a recent documentary, filmmaker Michael Price, English Landing Films...

Education & Outreach Program Update

On November 12, the Education & Outreach Work Group met virtually to discuss event planning for 2021. The Work Group discussed strategies...

Just how a river stole my heart

By Jill Erickson I didn't find the Blue River; she found me. I was like you - I had lived in this city a long time and never knew how...