Category: National Rivers Hall of Fame
Thursday, November 5, 2020
Mike Davis, a career conservationist with the Minnesota Department of National Resources (DNR), will be honored Nov. 6, 2020, by the National Rivers Hall of Fame (NRHOF). Davis is the recipient of the NRHOF’s Achievement Award, a distinction bestowed on individuals making significant contributions to America’s waterways. The award celebration will be conducted as part of a virtual event beginning at 6 p.m. and put on by the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium, home of...
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Thursday, February 27, 2020
President Herbert Hoover’s lasting impact on America’s river systems will be recognized on March 27, 2020, at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum in West Branch, Iowa, where Hoover will be posthumously inducted into the National Rivers Hall of Fame.
Born in 1874 in West Branch, Iowa, Herbert Hoover was an engineer and has arguably impacted America’s rivers through public policy more than any other individual in the nation’s history. Responsible for...
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