Sign a Petition to Gov. Parson to Use Nature-Based Solutions to Stop Flooding
MCE presented to Governor Parson’s Flood Recovery Advisory Working Group (FRAWG) interim report. The comments were written in collaboration with...
Bangert 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...
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...
Flooding Story-Map
Missouri River Dams
The six Missouri River dams, started in 1933 and completed in 1964, were built primarily through the Pick-Sloan Program, a Bureau...
Missouri River Recovery Program
Just as on the Mississippi River, ecosystem restoration efforts have been ongoing within the Missouri River as well. Since 2000,...
Upper Mississippi River Ecosystem Restoration
In 1986, the Corps of Engineers received a new mission within the Mississippi River basin: ecosystem restoration. The 1986 Water Resources...
Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam System
Floating huge barges on the majority of the rivers in the U.S. is not natural. It requires massive river-altering infrastructure....
Navigation’s Impact on River Management
The U.S. Corps of Engineers has been responsible for “developing” the Mississippi River Basin’s rivers since the early 1800s when Congress...
Missouri’s Floodplains
The Missouri Coalition for the Environment (MCE) has been working to preserve the natural value of Missouri’s floodplains for over...
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