This Week in #MOWater News

This Week's Highlights: Citizen Scientist Impact, Reservoir Grant, Controversial Pesticides, and Springfield Councilmen Stand-Up for Local Waters

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East Locust Reservoir Grant
Graves and Blunt Announce East Locust Creek Reservoir Project to Receive Nearly 13.5 Million Build Grant
NEMO News

Congressman and ACE Dispute
Congressman and Army Corps of Engineers Dispute Best Method of Handling Missouri River Flooding
KTTS

Springfield Councilmen Stand Up
Springfield Councilmen Look to ‘Stand Up’ Against State’s New CAFO Law
The Springfield NewsLeader

Forest Park Forever Waterways
Forest Park Forever has $10.5 M Plan to Transform its River and Lake System
St. Louis Business Journal

10 Pound Trout
MDC Celebrates 50 Years of Urban Fishing by Stocking 10 LB Rainbow Trout in Select St. Louis Lakes
MDC News Online

Beginner Fly Fishing
MDC to Host Beginner Fly Fishing Clinic November 9 in Columbia
MDC News Online

NATIONAL

Virtually No Scenario 
Minnesota DNR: ‘Virtually No Scenario’ for Water Transfer
Star Tribune

Controversial Pesticides
Controversial Pesticides are Suspected of Starving Fish
NPR: The Salt

Citizen Scientists Make Big Impact
Citizen Scientists Make Big Impact on Big Data
Michigan State University

Canoeing Length of Missouri
Men Canoe Length of Missouri from Montana to St. Louis
KMOV

Preparing for 2020
Water Releases Preparing Missouri River Reservoir System for 2020 Runoff Season
Capitol Journal

Hidden History
See the Mississippi River’s Hidden History Uncovered by Lasers
National Geographic