This Week in #MOWater News

This Week's Highlights: Rock Island Trail Steps Forward, USGS Report on Phosphorus, 2019 Flood Officially Ends in Time for 2020, Springfield Rejects Resolution Opposing New State Law, and 20 Years After Indiana's Greatest Environmental Disaster 

MISSOURI
City Rejects Resolution
Springfield City Council Rejects Resolution Affirming Local Control Over CAFOs
KSMU

Fight Worth Having
Our View: Protecting the Ozark Rivers is a Fight Worth Having
Joplin Globe

End to 2019 Flood Event
Corps of Engineers Announces End to 2019 Flood Event
KRCG

Public Asked to Weigh in
Public Asked to Weigh in on Possible Changes to Table Rock Lake Shoreline and Master Plans
KY3
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Rock Island Trail
The Rock Island Trail, To Connect Lake of the Ozarks with Kansas City, Just Took a Big Step Forward
Lake Expo

Winter Drawdown
Ameren Missouri Begins Winter Drawdown at Lake of the Ozarks
Lake News Online

Free Youth Trout Fishing
MDC Offers Free Youth Trout Fishing Clinic in Lee’s Summit Jan. 4 
MDC News Online

Free Fly Tying Classes
MDC Offers Free Fly Tying Classes in St. Joseph During January
MDC News Online

NATIONAL
Phosphorus and River Water Quality
Phosphorus and River Water Quality
USGS

113 Tons of Dead Fish: 20 Years Later
113 Tons of Dead Fish: Indiana’s Worst Environmental Disaster, 20 Years Later
Indy Star

Prepare for Huge Port
EDGE Prepares for Huge Mississippi River Port Project to Become Real
Memphis Business Journal

Large Ice Disk
Large Ice Disk Forms in Maine Before Being Destroyed Against River Banks
Boston Globe

Pause in Water Management Negotiations
Colorado River Conference Pauses Water Management Negotiations
Water and Wastewater Digest

Thawing Permafrost
Thawing Permafrost Affecting Northern Alaska’s Land-To-Ocean River Flows
Science Daily