June 18, 2019 As the Great Flood of 2019 continues to wreak havoc across the region, disrupting lives and livelihoods, regional state and federal agency leaders are hosting a series of public listening sessions on flooding, climate change, regional impacts, and future planning. Can you attend one of these public meetings and bring the voice…
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Can you take 60 seconds to call Senator Blunt on important legislation regarding Missouri River flooding? Senator Blunt has co-sponsored the Missouri River Flood Control Prioritization Act, a piece of legislation that would require the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to remove fish and wildlife from the authorized purposes of the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir…
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Devastating and historic spring floods continue to impact river communities along both the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. How can we respond and what can be done to prepare for increasingly frequent high water events? MCE and partners organizations like the Mississippi River Network are advocating for the use of more “natural infrastructure” in flood control…
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By Jessie Dryden, Rivers Organizer The call to wake and rise affects us all differently. On hearing the reveille—a signal to get up—some move slow to the sound, others fast. And it’s not always a bugle horn shocking our ears into awareness and our awareness into action—at times, that call is willed from a guttural…
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Nutrient pollution is a key concern in an agricultural state like Missouri. We know that excess nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, trigger rapid algal blooms in our waterways. Algal blooms quickly deplete oxygen levels and reduce once thriving aquatic systems to “dead zones.” The Gulf dead zone is a well-known issue, but the effects…
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The Missouri Coalition for the Environment opposes the EPA’s 2019 revised definition of “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS). We are concerned that the proposed rule: Increases flood risks by stripping protections from at least 51 percent of wetlands in the U.S. Threatens drinking water for over 2 million Missourians by removing protections for small…
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