Speaking up for Missouri...."The Great Rivers State"

This Week's News: Fishing tournament announced for Table Rock Lake, Missouri's blue spring, moss animals in Missouri, upper Missouri River sandbar management, note on discolored upper Missouri River water, a bicycle bridge across Arizona's Salt River, Mississippi river monsters, a Missouri River rescue, the EPA looks to halt additional wastewater regulations for livestock industries, an opportunity to learn to fish in Washington, MO, plus prescribed fire for deer management

Join the World Cleanup Day Virtual Event, Sept. 19th!

River and Lake Cleanups are Happening in September!

Find more information below!

Lifejackets save lives! Wear a lifejacket on the rivers and lakes!

• Sept. 9 - Big Muddy Speaker Series presents Big Medicine York Outdoors Film at the Ragtag Cinema, Columbia, 7 PM
• Sept. 11 - River Soundings at Beyond Housing Headquarters in St. Louis, 9 AM to 5 PM
• Sept. 13 - 4th Annual AmeriCorps Senior Cleanup on the Current River - Watercress Park to Big Spring, 10 AM
• Sept. 13 - Pesticide collection, Perryville
• Sept. 20 - VWQM Level 1 Field Certification, 9 AM - 3:30 PM, Babler State Park, St. Louis
• Sept. 20 - VWQM Level 1 Field Certification, 9 AM - 3:30 PM, Grindstone Nature Area, Columbia
• Sept. 26 - Nonpoint Source Management Symposium, 1 PM to 3 PM
• Sept 26-28 - H2O Shoreline Cleanup at Table Rock Lake, Lake Taneycomo, and Bull Shoals Lakes
• Bike With Your Boots On, Gravois Creek Greenway in St. Louis
• Sept. 27 - Jacks Fork Cleanup at Jacks Fork River Resort, 8 AM to 10 AM check-in
• Sept. 27 - VWQM Level 1 Field Certification, 9 AM - 3:30 PM, Watershed Center, Springfield
• October 4 - VWQM Level 1 Field Certification, 9 AM - 3:30 PM, Happy Rock Park, Kansas City
• October 4 - Pesticide collection, Chillicothe
• Nov. 14th - Application Deadline for 2026 Land and Water Conservation Fund Grant

Advocacy Updates and Opportunities 

Public Notice of 2024-2026 Section 303(d) List of Impaired Waters. Informational meetings:

Sept. 19, 10 AM

Oct. 6, 10 AM

Oct. 27 - Public Hearing - 10 AM

Notice of Public Hearing and Public Comment Period for

10 CSR 20-2.010 – Definitions,

10 CSR 20-6.015 – No-Discharge Operations and Land Application Requirements,

10 CSR 20-6.020 – Public Participation, Hearings, and Notice to Governmental Agencies,

10 CSR 20-6.060 – Water Quality Certifications, and

10 CSR 20-6.200 Storm Water Regulations

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has filed proposed amendments to the rules listed above. The public comment period begins August 15, 2025, and ends September 23, 2025, with a public hearing scheduled for September 16, 2025, at 1 pm.

The public hearing will take place at the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Lewis and Clark State Office Building, LaCharrette/Nightingale Creek Conference Rooms, 1101 Riverside Drive, Jefferson City, MO with a virtual attendance option offered.

Virtual attendance information can be found on our Clean Water Rulemaking page: Clean Water Rulemaking | Missouri Department of Natural Resources (mo.gov) and on the department's calendar of events: https://dnr.mo.gov/calendar/event/287656  

See the Missouri DNR Water Pollution Control Sites of Interest website

If you haven't attended a "Show-Me Less Plastic Workshop yet this year, join us for the final workshop of this calendar year, at Earth's Classroom near Rosebud, MO on November 1st!

Register here!

Did you renew your plate in July? If not, renew now! Don't have a Stream Team license plate? Anytime of the year is the perfect time to order one! Show your love for Missouri's streams as you drive, and support our stream advocacy efforts in Missouri!

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