SUMMER 2024 | ISSUE XII

Meet our NEW Manager of Operations

and Events 

Thanks to your support and sponsorship we have been growing our programs and impact on the Confluence. To continue to be nimble and effective, it was time to hire our second full-time staffer to help keep our operations and events on track!

We are excited to introduce Hannah Hopson. Hannah comes to us from the St. Charles County Government where she was a Human Resources Generalist. Hannah currently resides in O’Fallon with her husband Patrick. Hannah will be responsible for managing the day-to-day execution of our event fundraising operations, campaigns, membership operations, and ensuring that operational, event and marketing activities are in line with our organization’s mission and standards. 

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Interstate 70 at St. Peters Floods Again

As the picture below attests on July 16, 2024, all lanes of Interstate 70 once again flooded and were closed due to local heavy rains. These rain events are becoming more common, and this event was eerily similar to the flooding that occurred on Interstate 70 and Mid-Rivers Mall following a 10-inch rain on July 26,2022.

Flash flooding in areas around St. Louis, especially near Mid Rivers Mall and Interstate 70, seems to be increasingly common and displays the impacts of commercial development in the floodplain. This certainly is not something new or unexpected! Check out this St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial cartoon from 2001 that warned of the possible implications of commercial development in the floodplains. GRHA’s critical mission in the Confluence is as important as ever in preventing further development in the floodplain.

GRHA Fundraising Events: A Summer of Success and Community Support

Great Rivers Habitat Alliance (GRHA) enjoyed a great summer filled with successful fundraising events, all geared towards supporting vital conservation efforts. Here is a recap of the exciting events that made this summer memorable:



• Nilo Farms Sporting Clays Dove Warm-Up
• GRHA Golf Tournament
• SquadFest

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Renewed Vision for the Confluence

In 1999, a group of floodplain landowners became extremely concerned about the construction of a 500-year levee to protect a commercial development project alongside some of the best wetland habitats in the Confluence. Garnering support from other conservation interests, the group formed Great Rivers Habitat Alliance (GRHA) in 2000.

The Alliance, which now has the support of more than forty state, federal, and nonprofit organizations, works to protect the floodplain from commercial development. That same partnership continued efforts through the early 2000’s with habitat programs, the development of DU’s Conservation Easement Program, and with GRHA instrumental in policy efforts and litigation bringing the City of St. Peters to court regarding their attempt to remove a tract of land from the Mississippi River floodplain. 

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Krieghoff Raffle to raise big bucks

for the Confluence

If you missed our summer events or just want another opportunity to support GRHA, boy, do we have an option for you!

GRHA is raffling off a Krieghoff K-20 for $100 a ticket with a maximum of 500 sold.



Krieghoff is a family-owned company that produces some of the finest rifles and shotguns with passion and craftsmanship. With more than 130 years of experience Krieghoff has become one of the most trusted gun manufacturers out there. 

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GRHA/DU Partnership Gala

10^th Anniversary Event

In October 2014, GRHA and Ducks Unlimited came together for an inaugural fundraising event and the signing of a partnership agreement. More than 300 people attended, and the event netted over $130,000 for conservation work in the Confluence through GRHA Conservation, policy programs, and DU's Big Rivers Initiative. That partnership has grown with more than four hundred in attendance last year and more than $200,000 raised for both organization's critical conservation missions. 

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