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Cleaning up the Missouri River

Last year, Missouri River Relief traveled across the state, cleaning up the river by barge.
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Last year, Missouri River Relief traveled across the state, cleaning up the river by barge.

On February 2, the non-profit organization Missouri River Relief will host the Wild and Scenic film festival at the Blue Note in Columbia. Festival-goers can expect to see a variety of environmental and adventure films. One of those films, Big Muddy Clean Sweep, documents the organization’s trek across the state, cleaning the Missouri River aboard a barge.

Steve Schnarr is the program manager for Missouri River relief. We spoke to him about what it was like traveling across the state, his own connection to the Missouri River and what people could expect at the festival.

Rehman Tungekar is a former producer for KBIA, who left at the beginning of 2014.