May 27, 2022

This Week's Highlights: A rare creature washes out of Neosho Fish Hatchery, St. Genevieve county enacts mine ordinance, alewives return after hundreds of years, quashing the Quagga Mussel Invasion, lawsuit launched over endangered species delay, a northeast Minnesota mine, new Missouri American Water advisory map, kayak fishing, MDC assessing wetlands, and a new blueway opens on Dardenne Creek in St. Charles County

MISSOURI
Rare creature washes out of Neosho Fish Hatchery
Rare creature washes out of Neosho Fish Hatchery
FourStatesHomePage.Com

County Ordinance Blocks Proposed Silica Mine
Ste. Genevieve County health ordinance blocks proposed silica sand mine
KSDK

New MO Am Water Advisory Map
Missouri American Water Launches New Interactive Map
KQTV2 St. Joseph

Dardenne Creek Blueway Opens
First of Its Kind in Missouri: Dardenne Creek Blueway Opens Friday
Fox2 Now

Kayak Fishing
Kayak Fishing: Closer to the Water, Connected to Nature
Missouri Conservationist

Assessing the Wetlands
Assessing the Wetlands: Process Helps Planners in Meeting the Needs of Wetland Species
Missouri Conservationist

NATIONAL
How Nature Could Quash the Quagga Mussel Invasion
How nature itself could help quash the quagga mussel invasion on the Colorado River
AZ Central

Alewives Return For First Time in Hundreds of Years
Alewives returns to lake on their own for first time in hundreds of years
WMTW

Lawsuit Launched Over Endangered Species Delay
Lawsuit Launched Over Delay of Endangered Species Protections for 11 Species
Center for Biological Diversity

Goodbye to a River
Goodbye to a river: as Rio Grande dries up, tourism industry braces for impact
The Big Bend Sentinel

Crayfish Rescued, But Invasive
This Crayfish Was Rescued During Chicago River Day Cleanup, But in a Major Plot Twist, It’s Invasive
WTTW

Water Footprint Research
As Droughts Worsen Globally, Water Scarcity Likely to Grow for Agriculture
Reuters and American Geophysical Union

NE MN mine would fill 1000 acres of wetland
EPA recommends against reissuing permit for PolyMet mine
AP News