This Week's #MoWater News

This Week's Highlights: Enormous cave room found at Roaring River Spring, an ultra-rare catfish caught, Columbia denies development near Gans Creek for now, WW2 Ship visible near St. Louis, solutions for struggling salmon in the Snake River, counting otters, invasive carp removal in Arkansas, and why the Mississippi flowed backwards near New Madrid, MO

MISSOURI
Enormous Cave Room Found
Dive team finds 'enormous' cave room and more 344 feet below surface at Roaring River spring
Springfield NewsLeader

City Denies Development For Now
City Council denies Canton Estates resubmission permission — for now
Columbia Missourian

Ultra-Rare Catfish Caught
‘I freaked out’: Ultra-rare catfish caught in Missouri, released into Mississippi River
Fox4KC

Missouri NRCS Announces Program Deadline
NRCS announces November 19, 2021 application deadline for financial assistance
KTTN

WW2 Ship Exposed
Low levels in Mississippi River expose sunken World War II ship
KIRO 7

Boat Still Stuck on Chain of Rocks
Boat still stuck along Chain of Rocks in Mississippi River
KSDK

NATIONAL
Invasive Carp Removal
Invasive carp removal teams begin work on White River
Fox 16

Snake River: Struggling Salmon Solutions
Snake River: Conservation & Fishing Groups Agree to Pause Litigation, Discuss Long-Term, Comprehensive Solution to Aid Struggling Salmon
EarthJustice

Groups order Stop to Dam Operations
Conservation groups ask Maine court to order a stop or halt in Kennebec River dams operations
News Center Maine

Why the Mississippi Flowed Backwards
Breakdown: Why the Mississippi River once flowed backwards
KAIT8

Counting River Otters
How do South Dakota researchers count river otters when they can't even find them?
Argus Leader

Lake Sturgeon Restoration
Sturgeon Restoration: Studying Michigan’s and Wisconsin’s current flourishing populations
Great Lakes Now