This Week's News:  Missouri leadership pushes for data center development, upcoming trout fishing programs in Missouri, how buffers benefit wildlife species, the decline of river deltas, declined funding for zebra mussel management in South Dakota, how air bubbles release microplastics into water, water saving programs in Oklahoma, Wings2Water grant announcement, open houses for lead pipe removal in Wisconsin, a Virginia oil spill impacts communities, where to see bald eagles in Missouri, and how much snow will Missouri get this weekend

This Week's News:  An Osage Cultural Center scheduled to be opened at Lake of the Ozarks, white bald eagle spotted in southwest Missouri, funding for state water projects and residents of one Ozark town question water tower project, an ancient pictograph vandalized in Montana at Missouri Headwaters State Park, thousands of gallons of water recalled due to black foreign substance, desalinization efforts in California look beneath the sea for reverse osmosis, a water crisis for a Texas coastal city, steps forward for Potomac River tunnel project, Arkansas conservation leaders recognized, New Jersey passes bill on single use service items, and a farewell to one of Missouri's oldest oaks in Kansas City

This Week's News: Missouri's lake water testing program cuts, how plastic pellets are polluting beaches and waterways, funds for a Mississippi River Invasive Species Consortium, a representative's record breaking run, reward being offered for southern Missouri elk poacher, a grant for Mississippi River field trips, the USDA details federal farm aid package, Indigenous land trust buys acreage along Klamath River, a Missouri teen makes tournament fishing history, how Missouri continues to fight CWD, upcoming prescribed burn workshops, and learn how to identify trees with MDC.

This Week's News:  New database tracks sediment across the Mississippi River Basin, hazardous materials stored in a rural Missouri town, volunteers take up monitoring water quality, the Ozark Rivers Solid Waste Management District recognizes outstanding individuals, Missouri River repairs continue at Cora Island, water system upgrades in a southern Missouri town, alarm about a proposed federal amendment, guidance for modernizing stream crossings, a public waterways rule clarifies public access, successful passage of the Wetlands Conservation and Access Improvement Act, students in Minnesota reel in an alligator gar, staffing loss at USFWS, a bridge implosion on the Mississippi River, walleye movement studied on the Missouri, hundreds of thousands of carp removed from Kansas River, Bangladesh bans catching juvenile species of hilsa fish, and Missouri River Relief seeks donations for trash pick-up during anniversary year