Sunday Speaker Series 

Nov. 14: Canoeing the Rivers of Wisconsin

Long before asphalt or even cobblestone, rivers were the original "blue highways" of America, connecting city and countryside and everywhere between. They were the open road where travelers could expect to meet anyone and where all kinds of possibility lay just around the next bend. So when author John Hildebrand set out to rediscover his home state of Wisconsin, a place torn by deep cultural and political divisions, he went by canoe. You can come along on his journey and see what he saw when John joins us online on Nov. 14 to tell us all about his big adventure.

John’s presentation is another in a series of online programs sponsored by the Woods & Wetlands Group of the Illinois chapter of the Sierra Club. All our programs are free and open to the public, though registration is required to get the log-in link. The programs are always at 7 pm on the second Sunday of the month.

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Cobbling rivers together—from the burly Mississippi to the shimmering Bois Brule—John created his own version of the Round River, a mythic stream where “what goes around comes around.”

Along the way, he found unsung heroes—lockmasters, river rats, hotelkeepers, mechanics, tribal leaders, and perennial mayors—struggling to keep their small towns afloat.

Please note: We will take a programming break in December and resume the series in January 2022.