Hi Everyone,

My name is Sam and I am the intern working on their Sister Rivers project. I'm excited to learn about the culture of Moldova, form new international relationships, learn environmental strategies, and to see how they view our culture. It will be an exciting adventure when they finally visit the United States, and together we will celebrate the importance of water around the world.

I want to make a river basin defence experience exchange. It's interesting to me to learn how my colleagues-journalists write ecological articles. I also want to learn what place NGOs take in the USA. I'd like to compare it with my country's situation. And I want to make the acquaintance of the culture, traditions and history of the USA of course.

Below are images and the typed text of three historical markers outlining some of the history of transportation in the Red River Valley in the 19th century. The markers are found at a west-bound rest stop on highway I-94 in Minnesota, east of the Red River.

Red River Ox Cart Trails



For some 40 years in the mid-19th century, two-wheeled wooden carts drawn by slow-moving oxen creaked and groaned over the rough trails from… Continue

This is a very clever video of Fargo that melds together old and new photos of the town, showing how the town has changed over the last 100+… Continue