December 12, 2025

This Week's News: U.S. House advances PERMIT Act, states work to end secrecy over water use by data centers, a northern Missouri lake project receives approval of dam and spillway plans, successful stocking of scaleshell mussels on the Osage River, a land purchase to protect the Grotto Sculpin, a North Dakota town works to respond to sandbar migration on the Missouri River, a look at the Arkansas River as it leaves Colorado, an advocate fights to clean up the polluted Tijuana River, a missing fisherman found in the Ozarks, the effect of drought on cattle counties, and campaigning for a clean Mississippi River

MISSOURI
Successful Stocking of Scaleshell Mussels
MDC and Partners make History by Successfully Stocking Scaleshell Mussels in the Osage River
MDC

Approval of Dam and Spillway Plans
Roy Blunt Reservoir Project Advances with Approval of Dam and Spillway Plans
KTVO

A Tiny Fish Could Shape the Future of Local Water Quality
A Tiny Missouri Fish Could Shape the Future of Local Water Quality
KRCU Public Radio

Recent Droughts Hit Top Cattle Counties
Recent Droughts Hit the Top Cattle Counties Hardest, Including in Missouri
Missouri Independent

Missing Ozarks Fisherman Found
Missing Ozarks Fisherman Found! Boat Breakdown Left Him With Only a Trolling Motor in Windy Weather
LakeExpo

NATIONAL
House Advances PERMIT Act
US House advances bill around water permits; environmental groups say it guts water protections
Iowa Capital Dispatch

States Work to End Secrecy Over Data Center Water Use
Stated Work to End Secrecy Over Data Center Water Use
E&E News

The Arkansas Leaves Colorado as a Trickle
After 360 Miles of Whitewater and Irrigation, the Arkansas River Leaves Colorado as a Trickle
The Colorado Sun

Tijuana River Sewage Still Pollutes the San Diego Coast
Tijuana River Sewage Still Pollutes the San Diego Coast. A Surfer Turned Politician is Fighting to Clean it Up
Cal Matters

​Sandbar Migration
Mandan Addressing Sandbar Migration in the Missouri River
KCX

Last Campaign Fundraising Event
Friends of the MIssissippi River Opens Art Gallery as Last Campaign Fundraising Event
MNDaily