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Bear Grease

Ep. 126: The Mississippi River - Strong Brown God (Part 1)

Bear Grease

MeatEater

Sports, Wilderness

4.97.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, Clay Newcomb is taking us to what some Native Americans call the river beyond any age and others call the Father of Waters. He’s talking about the Mississippi river. To understand the river and its impact on America takes a diverse cast of storytellers. New York Times best selling author John M. Barry will be our guest, along with author Hank Burdine and a fellow by the name of Will Primos. We'll also be joined by two Army Corps of Engineers: David Biedenharn, a hydraulic engineer, as well as  fisheries biologist Jack Killgore. We might even hear the words of Mark Twain and T.S. Elliott.  This has been a long time coming and Clay is on a personal journey to understand the significance of this American river on this country and on his life. The current will be swift and muddy, but we really doubt that you're gonna want to miss this one...

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Last summer you might have heard that first light was making waterfowl gear.

0:04.0

They put it on some pretty slick field hunting patterns, but folks here that hunt the

0:08.4

dark flooded timber my home state of Arkansas started grumbling right away.

0:13.1

They wanted some timber camo.

0:15.8

Well grumble no more.

0:17.2

They just released cash camo, specifically formulated for hunting ducks in the flooded

0:22.3

timbers of the southern half of the Mississippi flyway.

0:25.6

The cash river is a river here in Arkansas.

0:28.4

The pattern was designed using the same nature based algorithm used in their other patterns,

0:33.6

but emphasizes micro break up elements and high contrast textures that are most visually

0:38.9

disruptive when you are up close and personal with green heads in the woods.

0:43.0

I'm proud to say that this pattern was tested and tweaked for two seasons in Arkansas and

0:49.0

it looks incredible.

0:50.5

Plus first light donates a portion of every sale of duck hunting gear to delta waterfowl

0:56.3

to support their mission of conserving North American duck and goose populations.

1:01.1

Head to firstlight.com slash cash that spelled C-A-C-H-E like the river in Arkansas to give

1:09.2

it a look.

1:10.7

The Mississippi River is so central every element of American history, the entire system

1:23.0

was key to all transportation and communication across much of the country.

1:30.3

On this episode we're talking about what some Native American tribes called the river

1:35.5

beyond any age and others called it the father of waters.

1:39.9

We're talking about the Mississippi River.

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