Hear about brothers’ adventures canoeing the Mississippi River this Sunday

Brothers Mark and John Wagner of Dubuque began canoeing the Mississippi River headwaters for about a week each year beginning in 2016. Mark Wagner will present about their journey from Lake Itasca in Minnesota to Dubuque on Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Hurstville Interpretive Center, Maquoketa.

Mark Wagner is a retired naturalist and former Director of Education for the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium in Dubuque. The photographs and stories he will share of their canoe adventure will give participants an experience of the river's long meandering journey before it reaches Eastern Iowa.

This program is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Jackson County Conservation at (563) 652-3783 or email jacksonccb@jacksonccb.com. The Hurstville Interpretive Center, 18670 63rd St., is located 1 mile north of Maquoketa on Highway 61.