September 30, 2022

This Week's Highlights: Missouri's newest state park opens, Army Corps commits to flood resiliency study at Brunswick, MDC completes carp removal project on the Grand, a German floating fence for catching plastic, brewing climate crisis for Colorado and the need for resiliency of trout streams, paddling and painting the Missouri, a River Relief cleanup yields trash in STL, an accessible float trip going strong, distillery workers clean up a Kentucky river, salt water creeps up the Mississippi, Lime Kiln improvement in process, and traces of ancient cultures in Missouri and North America

MISSOURI
Missouri’s Newest State Park
Missouri’s newest state park offers a primitive experience to visitors
St. Louis Post Dispatch

Accessible Float Trip Going Strong
Accessible float trip still going strong after 28 years
Springfield NewsLeader

ACE Commits to Flood Resiliency Study
Army Corps of Engineers commits to flood resiliency study in Brunswick
KOMU

Missouri River Cleanup Yields Trash
Missouri River cleanup yields trash, boat wreck, ‘oodles’ of Styrofoam
St. Louis Post Dispatch

Traces of Ancient Cultures in Missouri
Traces of ancient Indian cultures in Mid-Missouri abundant
News Tribune 

MDC Completes Invasive Carp Removal
MDC Completes Invasive Carp Removal Project For Lower Grand River
Constitution Tribune

Completion of Lime Kiln Project Approaches
Completion of Lime Kiln project approaches
Joplin Globe

NATIONAL
Trout Streams Need Drought Resiliency
Study: Trout streams, fishing economy need drought resiliency
Missoula Current

Salt Water Creeps Toward New Orleans
Salt water creeps toward New Orleans up Mississippi River
Phys.Org

Brewing Climate Crisis on Colorado River
A Path through the Brewing Climate Crisis on the Colorado River
Audubon.Org

Distillery Cleans Up River
Kentucky bourbon distillery cleans up 600 pounds of debris from Salt River
WHAS11

Water Secret of Ancient North America
The watery secret of ancient North America
BBC.Com

Paddling and Painting the Missouri 
Paddling and Painting the Missouri River
ExplorersWeb

WORLD
Floating Fence Catches Plastic
This floating fence can catch plastic waste before it hits the sea
Freethink.Com

‘If you see me, weep’ blog from U.S. Dept of State.
A Dire Warning: ‘If you see me, weep’
U.S. Department of State