Jon Remo
@potamologist.bsky.social
River scientist who knows a bit about floods, floodplains, levees, and people. I may also suffer from an unhealthy obsession with Mississippi River.
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Streamgages that have been collecting data since the 40s and 50s are being shut down in Illinois.
If we're having trouble finding funding to monitor pollution in our waterways, here's my suggestion:
The industry responsible for that pollution should pay for it.
If we're having trouble finding funding to monitor pollution in our waterways, here's my suggestion:
The industry responsible for that pollution should pay for it.
My Turn | Illinois needs more water monitoring, not less
"Time is of the essence. The streamgages will be turned off Thursday, but we should have several more weeks before they will be removed entirely. Once the gauges are pulled
www.news-gazette.com
September 29, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Streamgages that have been collecting data since the 40s and 50s are being shut down in Illinois.
If we're having trouble finding funding to monitor pollution in our waterways, here's my suggestion:
The industry responsible for that pollution should pay for it.
If we're having trouble finding funding to monitor pollution in our waterways, here's my suggestion:
The industry responsible for that pollution should pay for it.
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Stop what you’re doing and listen to the Mr. Trash Wheel song. Now. I’m not kidding. Do it. Do it now.
youtu.be/KUgAOBlEEzM?...
youtu.be/KUgAOBlEEzM?...
Mr. Trash Wheel: Hero of the Harbor OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO
YouTube video by Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore
youtu.be
July 25, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Stop what you’re doing and listen to the Mr. Trash Wheel song. Now. I’m not kidding. Do it. Do it now.
youtu.be/KUgAOBlEEzM?...
youtu.be/KUgAOBlEEzM?...
Better than my view in Carbondale.
July 21, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Better than my view in Carbondale.
Worth a read if you are intrested in alternatives to current large river floodplain agriculture in the central and southern Mississippi River Valley. Though farms like this will still need the federally subsidized levee system but perhaps less crop insurance - www.propublica.org/article/illi...
The Floods Kept Coming. He Needed to Grow a Crop That Would Thrive in Water — or to Quit.
One Illinois man’s decadeslong fight to convert his fields into rice paddies demonstrates how it’s possible to bring diversity to the Corn Belt, but improbable so long as federal farm policy remains f...
www.propublica.org
June 7, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Worth a read if you are intrested in alternatives to current large river floodplain agriculture in the central and southern Mississippi River Valley. Though farms like this will still need the federally subsidized levee system but perhaps less crop insurance - www.propublica.org/article/illi...
Old River Control Structure from 10,000ft. Low Sill Structure bottom right and Auxiliary Structure top right.
October 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Old River Control Structure from 10,000ft. Low Sill Structure bottom right and Auxiliary Structure top right.
Morning on Mississippi River in Baton Rouge.
October 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Morning on Mississippi River in Baton Rouge.
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Cuts to the Army Corps levee inspection budget in New Orleans, a place that famously doesn't have to worry about levees.
Also struck by slower reduction in inspection quality, and its parallels to descriptions of PG&E line inspections in California Burning. Maintenance is a thankless task.
Also struck by slower reduction in inspection quality, and its parallels to descriptions of PG&E line inspections in California Burning. Maintenance is a thankless task.
August 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Cuts to the Army Corps levee inspection budget in New Orleans, a place that famously doesn't have to worry about levees.
Also struck by slower reduction in inspection quality, and its parallels to descriptions of PG&E line inspections in California Burning. Maintenance is a thankless task.
Also struck by slower reduction in inspection quality, and its parallels to descriptions of PG&E line inspections in California Burning. Maintenance is a thankless task.
Finally made the pilgrimage to the Old River “Control” Complex and the Morganza Spillway.
April 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Finally made the pilgrimage to the Old River “Control” Complex and the Morganza Spillway.
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The entire business model of American R1 universities is not viable without restoration of federal funding, & every individual institution pretending it can solve this problem alone is also not viable. University presidents need to be speaking out, collectively & loudly about this, in DC, right now.
The University of Pittsburgh confirmed Friday that there would be no new Ph.D. offers of admission while Pitt works to understand how reduced federal aid could impact the institution.
The University of Pittsburgh pauses its Ph.D. admissions process amid research funding uncertainty
A spokesperson for the University told WESA Friday that the school has "temporarily paused additional Ph.D. offers of admission," while Pitt works to understand how proposed federal funding cuts could...
www.wesa.fm
February 22, 2025 at 5:14 AM
The entire business model of American R1 universities is not viable without restoration of federal funding, & every individual institution pretending it can solve this problem alone is also not viable. University presidents need to be speaking out, collectively & loudly about this, in DC, right now.
Southern most point in Illinois. Confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers
November 19, 2024 at 11:45 AM
Southern most point in Illinois. Confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers