This Week's #MoWater News

This Week's Highlights: A Mississippi project to map plastic litter, dolphin sounds in the Mississippi, learning courses for fishing and native plants, scientists solve a mystery, mayors call for a Mississippi River program, Cape Girardeau proposes a marina, and a trap and haul fish operation in the Pacific northwest

MISSOURI
Cape Girardeau Proposes Marina
City of Cape Girardeau proposes marina on Mississippi River
KFVS 

Missouri Trout Opener
Driftwood Outdoors: Missouri Trout Opener inviting to all anglers
Fulton Sun

Paddlefish Season Begins March 15
MDC Reminds Snaggers that Paddlefish Season Begins March 15
MDC News Online

Free Clinic on Catching Fish
MDC Offers Free Clinic on How to Catch Fish March 6 in Blue Springs
MDC News Online 

Fishing Rod Repair Class
MDC Offers Free Rod Repair Class March 6 in Blue Springs
MDC News Online

Free Virtual Native Landscaping Workshops
MDC and Partners Host Free Virtual Native Landscaping Workshop Series Starting March 10
MDC News Online

Virtual Tree-Planting Workshop
MDC Invites Public to March 11 Virtual Tree-Planting Workshop
MDC News Online

Native Plant Expo in Blue Springs
MDC Offers Free Native Plants Ask the Expert Expo March 13 in Blue Springs
MDC News Online

Spring Bird ID Program
Get Ready for Spring Bird Migration Season with MDC’s Tips and Tricks for Shorebird ID Virtual Program March 18
MDC News Online

Warm-Season Grass Workshop
MDC Invites Landowners to Attend March 25 Warm-Season Grass Workshop
MDC News Online

NATIONAL
Project to Map Plastic Litter
Mississippi River cities join global project to map plastic litter
We Are Iowa

Mayors Call for River Program
Mississippi River Mayors Call for National River Management Program
Wisconsin Public Radio

Dolphin Sounds in the Mississippi 
Dolphin Sounds in the Mississippi River in Illinois
The 21st Show

BLM Land Purchase
BLM proposes 11,000-acre land purchase along lower Musselshell River
Billings Gazette

Cedar Rapids Continues Flood Protection Plan
Despite minimal chance for flooding, Cedar Rapids continues flood protection plan
Iowa News Now

Scientists Solve Mystery
Scientists solve mystery of mass coho salmon deaths. The killer? A chemical from car tires
MSN

Trap and Haul Operation
New trap-and-haul operation on the White River is largest in the nation
The Courier-Herald