Originally published in St. Louis Post Dispatch on May 18, 2011
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by Stephen Deere
MARYLAND HEIGHTS • Amid corn and soy fields sit bulldozers, backhoes and orange barrels to keep traffic off new pavement.
Wind whips through rows of lettuce and scatters freshly dug dirt across the Maryland Heights Expressway near Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park.
Over the years, the roads through the Howard Bend Levee area have grown wider — the harbinger of developers' dreams to transform some of the last remaining farmland in St. Louis County into another large-scale shopping center.
For those who live and work here in the Missouri River bottoms, a $22.5 million levee completed more than five years ago seemed to make development a foregone conclusion.
Friday, May 20, 2011
Boonville Council approves Katy Bridge Ownership
Originally broadcast on KRCG Channel 13 (Columbia - www.connectmidmissouri.com) on May 17, 2011
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By Mark Slavit
BOONVILLE, MO. -- By a vote of 7 to 1, Boonville City Council Members approved a transfer of ownership of the historic Katy Railroad Bridge from Union Pacific to the City of Boonville.
An amendment to the ownership agreement will not allow any city tax dollars to pay for the restoration of the 79-year-old Boonville Bridge over the Missouri River.
A non-profit organization called the “Save the Katy Bridge Coalition” has been raising money to preserve the bridge and make it a part of the Katy Trail State Park.
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By Mark Slavit
BOONVILLE, MO. -- By a vote of 7 to 1, Boonville City Council Members approved a transfer of ownership of the historic Katy Railroad Bridge from Union Pacific to the City of Boonville.
An amendment to the ownership agreement will not allow any city tax dollars to pay for the restoration of the 79-year-old Boonville Bridge over the Missouri River.
A non-profit organization called the “Save the Katy Bridge Coalition” has been raising money to preserve the bridge and make it a part of the Katy Trail State Park.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Missouri Stream Team newsletter: Channels - May & June
The latest issue of Channels, the Missouri Stream Team newsletter, is out on the web for May - June.
There's a really great story about the Arnold Stream Team "Mighty 211". These folks help us on Missouri River cleanups whenever they can. Chop saws, tire trailers and cleanup know-how - they bring it all and make it happen across the state.
There's also a great story about Pat Jones. She's a one-woman force for conservation funding in the state, and helps Missouri Stream Team as well as Missouri River Relief.
Thanks Pat!
Click here to check out the Channels e-newsletter:
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There's a really great story about the Arnold Stream Team "Mighty 211". These folks help us on Missouri River cleanups whenever they can. Chop saws, tire trailers and cleanup know-how - they bring it all and make it happen across the state.
There's also a great story about Pat Jones. She's a one-woman force for conservation funding in the state, and helps Missouri Stream Team as well as Missouri River Relief.
Thanks Pat!
Click here to check out the Channels e-newsletter:
or
Click here to download the whole issue:
Saturday, May 14, 2011
High water creating a variety of problems
Originally published in Bismark Tribune on May 13, 2011
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by Brian Gehring and Leanne Eckroth
With the latest forecast for the Missouri River to rise another 2 feet and remain there for the summer, some are planning to do what they can to lessen the impact. Some have already felt it.
Tracy Potter, executive director of Fort Lincoln Foundation, operators of the Lewis and Clark riverboat, said the group is already down about $8,000 from lost charters even before the unofficial Memorial Day weekend opener.
Potter said the month of May is normally a busy time with school groups and other charters, but with the weather and the river conditions, most have canceled.
As for the rest of the season, "It's scary," Potter said. "As a non-profit organization, we already live on the edge of the break-even point."
The riverboat attracts about 15,000 passengers a season, Potter said.
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by Brian Gehring and Leanne Eckroth
With the latest forecast for the Missouri River to rise another 2 feet and remain there for the summer, some are planning to do what they can to lessen the impact. Some have already felt it.
Tracy Potter, executive director of Fort Lincoln Foundation, operators of the Lewis and Clark riverboat, said the group is already down about $8,000 from lost charters even before the unofficial Memorial Day weekend opener.
Potter said the month of May is normally a busy time with school groups and other charters, but with the weather and the river conditions, most have canceled.
As for the rest of the season, "It's scary," Potter said. "As a non-profit organization, we already live on the edge of the break-even point."
The riverboat attracts about 15,000 passengers a season, Potter said.
Big Muddy/Clean Water awarded $5,000 grant
Originally published in Associated Baptist Press on May 13, 2001
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by Bob Allen.
LIBERTY, Mo. (ABP) -- Big Muddy/Clean Water, a campaign to raise money for clean water in Ethiopia connected to the Missouri River 340 race, recently received a $5,000 grant by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Missouri. The grant will be used to promote the effort as well as adding to the project’s fundraising goal of $20,000.
Josh Arnone and Jason Nazario, both from Columbia, Mo., are competing in the July 22-25 race to raise awareness of the need for sustainable and healthy water sources in Ethiopia, as well as to raise money to build water wells through Water is Life International, a 501(c)3 dedicated to providing access to clean water. More than 59 million people in that country do not have access to safe water and live on less than $2 a day.
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by Bob Allen.
LIBERTY, Mo. (ABP) -- Big Muddy/Clean Water, a campaign to raise money for clean water in Ethiopia connected to the Missouri River 340 race, recently received a $5,000 grant by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Missouri. The grant will be used to promote the effort as well as adding to the project’s fundraising goal of $20,000.
Josh Arnone and Jason Nazario, both from Columbia, Mo., are competing in the July 22-25 race to raise awareness of the need for sustainable and healthy water sources in Ethiopia, as well as to raise money to build water wells through Water is Life International, a 501(c)3 dedicated to providing access to clean water. More than 59 million people in that country do not have access to safe water and live on less than $2 a day.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Volunteers Cleanup River Trash
This article was originally published in the Omaha World-Herald on May 1, 2011
By Rick Ruggles
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By Rick Ruggles
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Siouxland Students Learn Importance of Missouri River
(blogmaster's note: This story includes a really great video clip. Although this story was run in Sioux City, it covers the Yankton Missouri River Watershed Festival, an annual event drawing Yankton area students to the river to learn from experts. Missouri River Relief's Vicki Richmond was the keynote speaker and talked to students at her booth. Oddly enough, the story mentions the Yankton clean-up on May 7 but didn't mention the clean-up we were doing in Sioux City that same day. )
Originally broadcast May 6, 2011 on KMEG Channel 14 in Sioux City, IA
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reported by Jacob Heller
(YANKTON, SD) It's one of Siouxland's sources of life, and Friday hundreds of hometown students were learning all about it.
It's something we may take for granted, but the Missouri River impacts nearly every aspect of life, from the water we drink to the food we eat.
Nearly 400 students swarmed Riverside Park in Yankton, South Dakota, Friday, for the 3rd annual "Missouri River Watershed School Festival."
It's a chance for Siouxland students to get a new perspective on a major part of the landscape that may not be quite as "mighty" as the name suggests.
Originally broadcast May 6, 2011 on KMEG Channel 14 in Sioux City, IA
Click here for original link and to view video.
Click here to view video on YouTube.
reported by Jacob Heller
(YANKTON, SD) It's one of Siouxland's sources of life, and Friday hundreds of hometown students were learning all about it.
It's something we may take for granted, but the Missouri River impacts nearly every aspect of life, from the water we drink to the food we eat.
Nearly 400 students swarmed Riverside Park in Yankton, South Dakota, Friday, for the 3rd annual "Missouri River Watershed School Festival."
It's a chance for Siouxland students to get a new perspective on a major part of the landscape that may not be quite as "mighty" as the name suggests.
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