Lawmakers in Jefferson City have done more harm than good lately when it comes to protecting Missourians and our environment. Missouri Coalition for the Environment (MCE) wants to know your top priorities as we prepare for the 2020 legislative session, which begins in January. Is your top priority to address rampant flooding, support healthy food…
Read MoreUpcoming Event, Oct 7: MCE’s Mid-MO Mingle & Meeting of the Minds
WHEN: Monday, October 7, 2019 at 6:00pm WHERE: Cooper’s Landing (Directions Here: https://cooperslandingmo.com/directions ) WHAT: * Meet and greet with friends involved with Mid-Missouri’s environmental, conservation, and recreation community * Learn and ask questions about MCE’s current programs and priorities * Brainstorm and strategize about how to make a difference in Mid-Missouri Are you concerned about…
Read MoreBangert Island Development Threatens MO River Floodplain
Bangert Island Development Threatens MO River Floodplain September 2019 Did you know that yet another floodplain development on the Missouri River is under consideration? The proposed “Bangert Island Riverfront Transformation Project” now known as “Riverpointe” would join the proposed Maryland Park Lake District development and the existing Chesterfield Valley developments in paving over and raising…
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Upper Mississippi River Watershed Study Open for Comment
Submit a Comment on the Upper Mississippi River Watershed Study September 2019 Flood waters are slowly receding in some places, but the impacts of the Great Flood of 2019 continue to be felt across Missouri. Communities throughout the Midwest and the Lower Mississippi River Basin have been living through one of the longest periods…
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Known & Grown STL: Where Does Our Food Come From?
Where does our food come from? Throughout human history, at least up until the 20th Century, this question has had a fairly straightforward answer: the land around us. To ask that question now is to invite all of the confusion and existential anxiety that a post-industrial society can offer, which is why mostly we don’t…
Read MoreEnvironmental and Conservation Groups Turnout for UMRBA Listening Session in Hannibal
Members of the general public as well as conservation and environmental groups turned out to share their perspectives about flood risk management, extreme precipitation, floodplain restoration, and making room for the river during a meeting hosted by the Upper Mississippi River Basin Association (UMRBA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Hannibal on July…
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