July 18, 2026

This Week's Water News:  Flash flooding in southern Missouri a state emergency, Missouri's soil and water tax provides funding for soil and water conservation, the Trump Administration ends decades of protection for endangered species habitats, funds for study to support rural well users, EPA launches effort to accelerate water funding, securing habitat for the pearl river map turtle, saving the laurel dace, and how GLADE program promotes lifelong love of learning

MISSOURI
Tax for State Parks, Water and Soil Conservation, Historic Sites Up for Renewal in August
Tax for State Parks, Water and Soil Conservation, Historic Sites Up for Renewal in August
KOMU

Missouri in State of Emergency Following Flash Floods
Dangerous Flash Flooding in Southern Missouri Prompts Kehoe to Declare State of Emergency
STLPR

GLADE Program Promotes Lifelong Love of Learning
Backyard Naturalist: GLADE program promotes a lifelong love of learning and the outdoors
Springfield Daily Citizen

Tubing Accident Prompts Safety Warning from Troopers
Table Rock Lake Tubing Accident Prompts Safety Warning from Troopers
KY3

Nearly $45 Million Distributed to Missouri Landowners
Soil and Water Conservation Program Distributes Nearly $45 Million to Missouri Landowners
Missouri Department of Natural Resources

NATIONAL
Ending Decades of Protection
Trump, Ending Decades of Protection, Opens Wild Habitats to Drilling and Mining
NY Times 

Funds For Study to Support Rural Well-Water Users
USDA Funds Collaboration to Study, Support Rural Well-Water Users
Iowa State University

Efforts to Accelerate Funding for Water Infrastructure
EPA Launches Effort to Accelerate Water Infrastructure Funding for Drinking Water and Wastewater Projects
Water World

Securing Habitat for Pearl River Map Turtle
Group Sues to Secure Habitat Protections for Pearl River Map Turtle as Flood-Control Project Looms
Mississippi Free Express

Saving the Laurel Dace
Saving the laurel dace: Students and faculty study endangered fish
The University of Tennessee Chattanooga