This Week's #MoWater News

This Week's Highlights: Quarry on the Eleven Point approved, plastic initiative to gather data in Quad Cities, a tourism vs. CAFOs report, advocates and businesses call on river task force for Montana streams, invasive-native crayfish hybrids on the Current River, and dredging and diversion projects on the lower Mississippi

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Invasive-Native Crayfish Hybrids
Team discovers invasive-native crayfish hybrids in Missouri
Illinois New Bureau

Quarry Permit Approved
Quarry Permit Approved
Howell County News

Petition to Jump-Start Work
Petition aims to jump-start work on nature area north of St. Louis
St. Louis Post Dispatch

Sunken Ships May Be Exposed
Low Mississippi River levels may expose some sunken ships
Fox 2 Now

Boat Stuck on Chain of Rocks
Boat still stuck on the Mississippi’s Chain of Rocks after a week
Fox2Now

Rocks To Shore Up Meramec River
Rocks From I-44 Bridge Construction Go To Shore Up Meramec River In Kirkwood
Webster-Kirkwood Times

Riverfront Property to Lease
With river frontage, pond and dormitory, Missouri looks to lease old state youth facility
St. Louis Post Dispatch

Camping Season Extended at Mark Twain Lake
Camping Season Extended at Mark Twain Lake
KHQA

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America’s Rivers Need Help
Opinion: America’s rivers need help. I should know — I swam in 108 of them this summer.
Washington Post

Tourism vs. CAFOs
Tourism vs. CAFOs: A New Front in the Fight Against Industrial Animal Ag
Civil Eats

Plastic Initiative to Gather Data in Quad-Cities
Mississippi River Plastic Pollution Initiative aims to gather data on litter in Quad-Cities
Quad-Cities Times

Advocates and Businesses Call for River Task Force
Montana fishing advocates, businesses call for river preservation task force
Missoula Current

Scouts Kayak for National Public Lands
Scouts kayak Missouri River for National Public Lands Day
FtLeavenworthLamp.Com

Dredging Could Uncover Millions
How Dredging the Mississippi River Could Uncover $461 Million
AG Web

Diversion Project Could Harm Mississippi Sound
Experts: Louisiana Sediment Diversion Project Could Harm Mississippi Sound
Enterprise-Journal