May 5, 2023

This Week's News: Two Missouri crayfish receive Endangered Species Act Protection, critics decry bill amendment, a first look at Eleven Point State Park, city seeks public input on Lake Springfield, landowners protect property in Arkansas, national safe boating week, current and historic flooding, a sewage spill in Bull Shoals Lake, and the largest and oldest man-made dams in Missouri

MISSOURI
Critics Decry Missouri Bill
Critics decry Missouri bill they argue jeopardizes efforts to prevent river pollution
Missouri Independent

Missouri Crayfish Receive ESA Protection
Two Missouri Crayfish Receive Endangered Species Protection
BiologicalDiversity.Org

City Seeks Public Input on Lake Springfield
City continues to seek public input on the future of Lake Springfield-James River Power Station
KY3

Largest Dam in Missouri
The Largest Dam in Missouri Is an Architectural Masterpiece
AZ Animals

First Look at Eleven Point State Park
Andy Ostmeyer: Public will get its first look at Eleven Point State Park
Joplin Globe

Oldest Man-Made Lake in Missouri
Oldest Man-Made Lake in Missouri
AZ Animals

NATIONAL
National Safe Boating Week May 20th
National Safe Boating Week begins May 20, get your boat inspected by M.S.H.P.
Ozark Radio News

Landowners Permanently Protect Acreage
Landowners permanently protect 200 acres on White River
KTLO

Mississippi River Flooding Inundates Towns
‘We’re on our own little island’: Mississippi River flooding inundates Midwestern towns
AccuWeather
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Arkansas Flood of 1937
Arkansas Flood of 1937 rivaled Mississippi River flood of 1927
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 

Sewage in Bull Shoals Lake
Wastewater Released into Bull Shoals Lake
KTTS