Resources

For those wishing to follow the Lewis and Clark trail, there are several useful guidebooks, each of which provides a different level of detail. The best three are "National Geographic's Guide to the Lewis & Clark Trail" by Thomas Schmidt, "Traveling the Lewis & Clark Trail" by Julie Fanselow, and "Along the Trail With Lewis and Clark" by Barbara Fifer and Vicky Soderberg.

General background information about the bicentennial and other events associated with the expedition is available online from several sources.

The National Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Council: lewisandclark200.org/

National Park Service: www.nps.gov/lecl/

Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation: www.lewisandclark.org/

Information about bicycling the Katy Trail is available online at www.mostateparks.com/katytrail.htm

To learn more about Butch Bouvier and his replicas of the Lewis and Clark expedition's boats, visit www.keelboat.com/

Information about Lewis and Clark StatePark in Onawa, Iowa: www.lewisandclark2004.org/

For information about efforts to restore conditions on the Missouri River to a more natural state, visit one of the following Web sites.

American Rivers: www.americanrivers.org/missouririver/background.htm

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: midwest.fws.gov/

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: missouririvermitigation.usace.army.mil/

Big Muddy NationalFish and Wildlife Refuge: midwest.fws.gov/BigMuddy/