Name: Dubuque Audubon January Program
Start: 2026-01-08T18:45:00-06:00
Location: Mines of Spain Recreation Area & EB Lyons Interpretive Center

Let’s Talk About the River
A Community Meeting with Big River Magazine and the Dubuque Audubon Society
Thursday, 1/8/25
6:45 PM Social Time
7 – 8 PM Program
EB Lyons Interpretive Center
8991 Bellevue Heights Road
Dubuque, IA 52003
Our speaker will be Reggie McLeod, editor and publisher of Big River Magazine. He will be joined by several other members of the Big River crew to talk about the river, river issues, and the future of the magazine. We hope that you will share your river stories and concerns, as well as feedback regarding Big River Magazine.
There will be door prizes, snacks, and maybe a story or two. Perhaps you’ll bring a story to tell.
Since 1980 Reggie McLeod as written about the Upper Mississippi River for countless publications, including USA Today, The Chicago Tribune and the Milwaukee Journal. He has served as editor and publisher of Big River Magazine since the first issue, in January 1993. He has lived on or near the river since the mid 1970s and frequently fishes and explores the channels and backwaters from his solo canoe.

Big River Magazine covers more than 400 miles of the Mississippi River and the river communities from the Twin Cities to the Quad Cities. To the best of our knowledge, Big River is the only independent magazine about a river in the world.