This Week in #MOWater News

This Week's Highlights: Explosive Discovery, Millions of Shad, Oyster Decline, Flood Chronicles, and Iowa Farmers Back Buffer Law

MISSOURI
Part 1: Months of Relentless Flooding
Months of Relentless Flooding Push Missouri River Dwellers to the Brink
Kansas City Star

Part 2: What Could Have Been Done
What Could Have Been Done to Control the Flood of 2019?
Kansas City Star

Area Legislators Support
Area Legislators Supported CAFO Bills
eMissourian

Fly Fishing Class
MDC Invites Public to Learn About Fly Fishing at Shoal Creek Conservation Education Center Dec. 6, Dec. 14
MDC News Online

Eagle Days
Raptors and Waterfowl Featured at Eagle Days Dec. 7-8 at Loess Bluffs
MDC News Online

NATIONAL
Back Buffer Law
Some Iowa Farmers Back Crop Buffer Law to Protect Water
KCRG

Decline of Oysters
Fisheries and Fishermen Hard Hit By Decline of Oysters on Gulf Coast
NPR

Water Transfer
Water Transfer from Colorado River to Central Arizona Faces Stiff Opposition
Cronkite News

Explosive Discovery
Man Fishing With a Magnet in a Michigan river Makes an Explosive Discovery
ABC 7

Millions of Shad 
Millions of Shad Stocked in Arkansas
Baxter Bulletin

Honoring River History
New Artwork Along White River Trail Honors Indy’s River History
WYFI

Dividing a Community
Barges Stranded, Levees Breached and a Town in Danger: How the Mississippi River is Dividing a Community - Literally - in Southern Illinois
Chicago Tribune