March 24, 2023

This Week's News:  Missouri's Supreme Court sides with state to prohibit local CAFO ordinances, feds to test for nuclear waste near Coldwater Creek, officials investigate sludge complaints in southwest MO, Representative Thomas seeks input on Osage River Casino, Maryland governor asks for fisheries disaster declaration, Arizona asks for volunteers to eradicate apple snails, native tribes save cutthroat trout, a spring outlook for flooding on the Mississippi, a National Geographic map of world water shortages, wolverine sighting near Portland, Oregon, crappie at Truman and striped bass at Bull Shoals, and getting ready for the 33rd annual Project Blue River Rescue in Kansas City

MISSOURI
Missouri Supreme Court Upholds State Law Prohibiting Local CAFO Regs
Missouri Supreme Court upholds state law prohibiting local CAFO regulations
Missouri Independent

AG Defends Agriculture at Missouri Supreme Court
Attorney General Bailey Successfully Defends Missouri Agriculture at Missouri Supreme Court
Ago.Mo.Gov

Officials Investigate Complaint Over Sludge
County, state officials investigate complaint about overapplication of sludge
Joplin Globe

Feds to Test For Nuclear Waste Near Coldwater Creek
Feds want to test for nuclear waste near Coldwater Creek at St. Louis County park
St. Louis Post Dispatch

Blue River Cleanup April 1
This Kansas City river is in trouble. Every April, people turn out in droves to help it
KCUR NPR

Representative Thomas Seeks Input on Osage River Casino
Representative Lisa Thomas Calls for Public Input on Osage River Casino
KRMS Radio

MDC Tracks Crappie at Truman Lake
MDC tracks crappie populations at Truman Lake to benefit anglers
MDC News Room 

Largest Striped Bass Ever Caught in Missouri
Discover The Largest Striped Bass Ever Caught in Missouri
AZ Animals

NATIONAL
Mind the Water Gap - Mapping the World’s Shortages
Mind the Water Gap - Mapping the World’s Water Shortages
National Geographic

Tribes Saving Cutthroat From Extinction
How NV tribes are saving Lahontan cutthroat trout from extinction
Nevada Current

Governor Asks for Fisheries Disaster Declaration
MD governor asks for disaster declaration over invasive blue catfish
Bay Journal

Arizona Asks Volunteers to Eradicate Apple Snails
Arizona Game and Fish asks volunteers to help eradicate invasive apple snails
CronkiteNews

Spring Outlook Calls for Above Normal Chance for Flooding
2023 Spring Flood Outlook calls for above-normal chance for Mississippi River flooding
KTVO

Wolverine Sighting
First wolverine sighting in over 30 years reported along Oregon river near Portland
FoxWeather