Name: A River Destroyed & Then Reconstructed Presentation by Michael Bollinger
Start: 2024-06-12T18:30:00-05:00
End: 2024-06-12T19:30:00-05:00

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A look back at the devastation to the East Fork of the Black River (and Johnsons Shut-Ins State Park), from the 2014 unnatural disaster - the failure of Amerens Taum Sauk upper reservoir. The presentation focuses on the destruction of the river and the efforts to reconfigure and rebuild it. It includes video clips from his helicopter flight, days after the event, as part of the initial damage assessment. It continues throughout the process and concludes with views of the river (as it flows through the park) taken late last summer, almost 18 years later. Michael provides his insights and personal perspective, as someone who was on-site and assigned to help coordinate and implement the attempted restoration. Location is TBD.

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