Published in April 2014 Building A Better Watershed Together The success of our efforts hinges on our ability to communicate and work with community members to foster the implementation of infrastructure improvements and ecosystem restoration. There are many stakeholders and stakeholder groups in the Kiefer Creek Watershed, and we are working to engage all of…
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Read MoreDraft Budget Contains Funding to Transfer National Scenic Riverways
Special thanks to our allies at Missouri Parks Assoc. UPDATE: The House passed the budget with the $6 million appropriations. We must now contact Missouri senators who will consider the proposed budget next. (Jefferson City) — The House Budget Committee this week is considering a proposed appropriation of $6 million from “surplus revenue fund” and…
Read MoreThe Faulty Flood Forecast of Favored Special Interests
// Written by Brad Walker, MCE Rivers Director How regulations save money, create jobs and protect the public You have all probably noticed this phenomenon; Americans (or at least a portion of us) are always going to war. I am not speaking of those actual wars we have had over the last couple of decades…
Read MoreOfficials Tell EPA: Call the Corps on West Lake Landfill
Senator Blunt, Senator McCaskill, Congressman Clay and Congresswoman Wagner, representing constituents in the St. Louis region, have sent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 Administrator Karl Brooks a letter asking EPA to contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the West Lake Landfill. The letter states: “The St. Louis Corps’ handling of…
Read MoreMCE Applauds Federally Elected Officials’ Support for Corps of Engineers at the Radioactive West Lake Landfill
St. Louis, MO – Senator Blunt, Senator McCaskill, Congressman Clay and Congresswoman Wagner sent a letter on February 28, 2014, to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7. The letter requested: That the EPA contract directly with the Army Corps of Engineers to handle any and all remediation needed at the site. That the Corps…
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