This Week's #MoWater News

This Week's Highlights: Proposed changes to motorboat rules on ONSR, recommendations for Clean Water Act, a land donation near the Meramec, a giant ancient millipede fossil, alternatives to road salt, an Osage River highlight, factors affecting native trout decline, the role of beavers in conservation, floating the Mississippi, a cut to the Missouri River Runner Amtrak route, and a study of microplastic affects on humans

MISSOURI
MU Professors Recommend Regulation of Runoff
To protect water, University of Missouri professors recommend tighter regulation of runoff
Missouri Independent

Proposed Changes to Motorboat Rules on ONSR
Proposed Changes to Motorboat Rules
NPS.Gov

Land Donation near Meramec
Eureka receives largest land donation in its history, for a new 200-acre park next to Meramec River
KSDK

Speaker Series with Whitaker
Sierra Club Speaker Series Revises Announcement For River Kayaker Adventures With Perry Whitaker
RiverBender.Com

EPA Superfund Money
EPA: No money for sites in Washington, New Haven
eMissourian

Osage River
Osage River
World Atlas 

Missouri River Runner Service Cut
‘Missouri River Runner’ service cut to one daily round trip
Trains

Collecting Christmas Trees
Christmas tree recycling available at Wappapello Lake
DailyJournal Online

NATIONAL
Road Salt Alternative
Road salt threatens Michigan lakes and rivers. Can an alternative take hold?
Bridge Michigan

Dry conditions in Missouri River basin
Dry conditions continue in Missouri River basin
SouthernMinn.com

Giant Ancient Millipede Found
Giant Ancient Millipede Breaks Record For Largest Ever Arthropod
IFLS
 
Microplastics Found in Human Feces
People with IBD have more microplastics in their feces
Science Daily

Beavers Support Freshwater Conservation
Beavers support freshwater conservation and ecosystem stability
Phys.Org

Native Trout Decline Factors
Climate change, invasive species found to drive native trout declines
Phys.Org

Floating the Mississippi with a Real-Life Huck Finn
Floating the Mississippi River With a Real-Life Huck Finn
InsideHook