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Celebrate Mudpuppy Day January 30
Our popular Mudpuppy Festival is on hold this year, but we’re still honoring the Sangamon River’s coolest creature! The city of Monticello has proclaimed Saturday, January 30, as Mudpuppy Day. To celebrate, our new Kids page offers fun family activities, including Scavenger Hunt Bingo for our Bruce Hannon Levee Trail, and a beautiful coloring book, Mandy’s Prairie Home.
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The Sangamon River “A Sense of Place”
In 2009 the University of Illinois Springfield published a documentary by Illinois Springfield Professor Charles Schweighauser concerning Illinois’ Sangamon River. Watch it here. (Created by the Office of Electronic Media, copyright University of Illinois Springfield.)
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Floating through the Past on the Lower Sangamon
Photos from the 2016 and 2017 float trips to learn about the geology and archaeology of the Sangamon River from Gudgel Bridge to Lincoln New Salem Historic Site. The events, organized by Lincoln Heritage Water Trail Association, were led by Dr. Michael Wiant. [slider id=”lower-sangamon-geology”]