February 3, 2023

This Week's News: Federal administration and agencies ban mining near Boundary Waters and block Pebble Mine in Alaska, catch and keep trout season in Missouri, how the world is hooked on phosphorus and Nebraska's nitrate problem, challenges to a silica mine water permit near St. Genevieve, Missouri's plan to fight the dead zone, a free-fly tying class, how to protect your watershed, and a new Waters of the US Rule...again....maybe...

MISSOURI
Missouri’s Plan to Fight Dead Zone
Missouri unveils plans to fight hypoxic dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico
Missouri DNR

How and Why to Protect Your Watershed
How and Why to Protect Your Local Watershed
Terrain Magazine

Challenging a Silica Mine Water Permit
Environmentalists challenge a water permit issued for Ste. Genevieve Silica Mine
St. Louis Public Radio

Catch and Keep Urban Trout Season
MDC reminds anglers catch and keep urban trout season is now open
MDC News Online

Free Fly-Tying Class
Learn fishing skills with MDC’s free fly-tying class in Columbia
MDC News Online

NATIONAL
Mining Banned near Boundary Waters Wilderness
Biden Administration Bans Mining Near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Wilderness
OutdoorLife.Com

EPA Moves to Block Pebble Mine in AK
E.P.A. Moves to Block Controversial Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay, Alaska
Field and Stream 

World’s Farms Hooked on Phosphorus
The World’s Farms Are Hooked on Phosphorus. It’s a Problem
Wired.Com
 
Nebraska’s Nitrate Problem
Nebraska’s Nitrate Problem is Serious, Experts Say. Can We Solve It?
Norfolk Daily News

New Waters of the US Rule…Maybe
EPA and US Army Corps of Engineers release a new “Waters of the US” rule (again) for the last time (….maybe).
Lexology