April 19, 2024

This week's news: Lower Missouri management meetings next week in Missouri, hundreds join River Relief for KC area cleanup, volunteers needed for Earth Day in Springfield, Gasconade River smallmouth, an April 25th Jefferson City MO River meeting, legislators continue process to crack down on water exports, Corps provides update on levees, federal administration move to make conservation equal to industry on US lands, the Missouri River flood of 1952, America's most endangered rivers list, and NRCS seeks new priority watersheds for targeted conservation work

MISSOURI
James River Volunteers Needed
Volunteers are needed to help clean the James River and Lake Springfield this Earth Day
KSMU

Hundreds Join River Relief for Cleanup
Hundreds join initiative to clean banks of the Missouri River
KCTV

Gasconade River Smallmouth
Gasconade River Smallmouth
The Bull

Lower Missouri Management Meetings
Public invited to Lower Missouri River management meetings
USACE

Missouri Could Crack Down on Water Exports
#Missouri could crack down on water exports to drought-weary West — The Washington Post
Coyote Gulch
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Public Invited to Attend April 25th Mo River Meeting
Public invited to attend meeting for Lower Missouri Jefferson City spin-off study
USACE

NATIONAL
NRCS Seeks New Priority Watersheds
NRCS seeks new priority watersheds for the Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative and National Water Quality Initiative
NRCS-USDA

America’s Most Endangered Rivers
America’s “most endangered rivers” list: Sewage, toxic algae, construction feed the crisis
Apple News

Move to Make Conservation Equal to Industry on US Lands
Biden administration moves to make conservation an equal to industry on US lands
Press Democrat

Corps Provides Update on Levees
Corps provides update on Missouri River levees 5 years after flood disaster
WOWT

The Missouri River Flood of 1952
The Missouri River Flood of 1952
KMTV 3NewsNow