This Week's News: Mayors request help from Corps for flooding, Mississippi River flooding prompts evacuations, 4th graders hit the water in Columbia, look back at the Missouri River flood of 1952, a train derailment on the upper Mississippi, Corps seeks public help to protect artifacts, Branson receives grant to protect sewage plant from flooding, beaches open at Wappapello, work begins at Schell-Osage Conservation Area, a widening Mississippi and attempts to engineer it, and Earth Day celebrations

This Week's News: Volunteers clear thousands of trash in KC, invasive carp removal, a scenic drive to Ted Shanks Conservation Area, why engineers can't control rivers, high water closes locks and dams on the Mississippi, exploring the ecology of Arkansas's delta, why the Mississippi River basin needs more conservation funding, abundant crane flies, fishing for white bass, and a little history of canoes

This Week's News: A St. Louis Zoo raised hellbender found fathering eggs in the wild, a celebration set for the Upper Current River, Missouri's longest bridge, record fish, a high flood forecast for the Mississippi, question over Texas water pump in Oklahoma, options for Colorado River emergency plan, federal judge blocks Clean Water Rule in 24 states including Missouri, a 2nd paddling record attempt, and lighthouses on the Mississippi

This Week's News:  Creek work near Steelville causes more problems, concerns for the Mississippi, development along the Niangua, an Ozark Run Route, dried up water utility in Iowa, Arizona Tribe to receive millions for water conservation, sourcing water from the Missouri, a look at Missouri-Arkansas border lakes, restoring the Hudson, Kissimmee River restoration, dirt work underway for Chariton Bridge, Osage River casino amendment advances through House committee, MDC honors former commissioner, how Johnny Morris celebrates the outdoors, and the first European wild river national park