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Read MoreMissouri River Flood Control
During the flood of 2011, I was deep in the Missouri River interviewing local farmers. It was a dry year for Missouri, and the floodwaters were spilling out of the upriver dams. According to the locals, the Corps’ mismanagement was at fault. That mismanagement took on the name “endangered species.” The Corps and the U.S. Fish…
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Victory at Gans Creek Wild Area
MCE has been tracking a proposed development called Canon Estates that underlines challenges conservationists face as they work to preserve Gans Creek and Gans Creek Wild Area. There was a protest scheduled for Monday, June 21st that was supposed to be in opposition of the 65.3 acre, 113-home residential development project on the border…
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Legislative Recap 2021
MCE and our partners made it through another legislative session with the Missouri General Assembly. We tracked several bills, some of which we worked to stop and others we advocated for their passage. You can see what happened to all of MCE’s priority bills in our 2021 Legislative Bill Tracker. Below is a summary of…
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2021 Spring Alert Newsletter
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Administration and Congress: New Policies, New Hope for Equity and Sustainability
Since the new year, MCE has been monitoring activities in Washington D.C. with the convening of the 117th Congress and the establishment of the Biden-Harris Administration. We are hopeful about the impacts that various policies will have on small-scale producers, Black Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) farmers, children attending school, and food insecure families….
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