August 2, 2024

This Week's News: Petition for EPA to take over Iowa water regulations, the importance of ephemeral streams, investigating the market for eating invasive carp, update on the Dead Zone, Mississippi River's largest fish, a request to leave bryozoans alone, grand opening of the Boone County Nature School, a look at polluted Missouri Rivers, learning skills with MDC, a free family fishing day, a blind man competes in the MR340, and Olympic athletes swim in the Seine River. 

MISSOURI
57.7% Too Polluted
57.7% of Missouri Rivers Are Too Polluted for Swimming
The Neighbor

Blind Man Competes in MR340
Man who is blind competes in 340-mile race down Missouri River
Fox4

Don’t Harm Bryozoans on Lake of the Ozarks
Missouri Department of Conservation warns to not harm bryozoans if you se the creatures at Lake of the Ozarks 
KY3

Free Family Fishing Day, August 17
MDC Twin Pines free Family Fishing Day set for Aug. 17
MDC Newsroom

Learn new skills with MDC
Learn new skills with MDC’s 12 months of beginning Hunting, Angling, & Shooting programs for St. Louis region in August
​MDC Newsroom

Grand opening of the Boone County Nature School
MDC and Columbia Public Schools invite the public to the grand opening of the Boone County Nature School on Aug. 23
MDC Newsroom

NATIONAL
Sierra Club asks EPA to Take Over Iowa Oversight
Sierra Club asks EPA to take over oversight of Iowa waters because of state failures
Des Moines Register

Will people and pets eat invasive carp?
Invasive carp are surging in the Mississippi River. Will people and pets eat them?
Arkansas Times

River Monsters
River Monsters: Discover the Biggest Fish in the Mississippi River
AZ Animals

Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone
Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone is 12th Largest on Record
gCaptain

Half of U.S. River Water Comes from Ephemeral Streams
More than Half of Contiguous U.S. River Water Comes from Ephemeral Streams
Eos

AROUND THE WORLD 
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Olympic triathletes swim in Seine River
Olympic triathletes swim in Seine River after days of concerns about water quality
AP