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I'm standing here today at the

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Mississippi Headwaters Board Corps of

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Engineers partnership kiosk that

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features some new signage that tells

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you about paddling on the Mississippi

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River between the Corps of Engineers

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Landings and the next nearest landing

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to you . So this is an interagency

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partnership with the Mississippi

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Headwaters Board , the Minnesota dnrud

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and other agencies that helps inform

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paddlers about the various things that

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they might experience on the stretch of

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Mississippi River between landings . It

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also tells you about emergency services

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that are in the area , how long the

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trip might be expected to take if

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you're going to encounter any rapids .

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And so this is a really exciting

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partnership for us because it allows

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visitors to get chance at dipping their

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feet in the water with paddling ,

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especially if they're not familiar with

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the area that they're in . They're not

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sure what they're going to be expecting

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on the river . This gives them a really

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good idea of what they can expect and

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so they can start experiencing

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recreation on the upper Mississippi

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River area . So these signs have been

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posted throughout the upper Mississippi

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headwaters . The Mississippi headwaters

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board is featured in the 1st 400 miles

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of the Mississippi River . So at task a

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park approximately down to the Royalton

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area and they have partnered with all

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kinds of different agencies like the

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Corps of Engineers . So you might see

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these , these signs posted at County

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Park Landings . You will certainly see

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them at the core of engineers sites

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here in the Mississippi headwaters . We

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have signage kiosks at Winnebagos ,

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Pama and Sandy Lake and we're working

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on other partnerships as well into the

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future .