This Week's #MOWater News

This Week's Highlights: Fisheries Staff Award, Blighted Rivers, Felt Soled Waders Not Allowed, Boundary Waters Bill, Rising Ocean Temps, and Removing Medicine from Wastewater

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Healthy Forests
Soil and Water - Foundations of Healthy Forests
The Rolla Daily News

Felt Soled Waders
Felt Soled Waders Not Allowed in Missouri
Boonville Daily News

Blighted Rivers 
Missouri Has More Than 350 Blighted Lakes And Rivers — Some Might Be In Your Backyard
St. Louis Public Radio 

Fishing Staff Award
MDC Fishing Program Wins Governor’s Award for Innovation
Missouri Department of Conservation 

Floodgates Open 
Bagnell Dam Takes Emergency Action, Opens Floodgates
Lake Expo 

Tree Recycling 
Recycle Christmas trees as fish habitat
The Rolla Daily News 

NATIONAL
Removing MedsHow US Sewage Plants Can Remove Medicines From Wastewater
Science Daily

Monastery Wetland
Nuns are Turning a Monastery into a Wetland to Fight Flooding in New Orleans 
The Hill

Otter Evidence
Otters on the Kaw: Kansas Riverkeeper finds evidence of elusive mammal in Douglas County
Lawrence Journal-World

Rare Ice Balls 
Elkhorn on the rocks: Ice balls fill section of river, a rare phenomenon
Omaha World-Herald 

Threatened Dam 
Mississippi dam threatens to fail as rivers and flooding threats rise
WRCBtv Chattanooga 

Ocean Temps 
Ocean temperatures hit record high as rate of heating accelerates
The Guardian 

Boundary Waters Bill 
Bipartisan bill would protect Minnesota’s Boundary Waters from toxic mining
The Wilderness Society