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

This Week's Water News: Missouri bill proposed for data center electricity and water use restrictions, a crappie challenge at Lake of the Ozarks and Confluence Trash Bash in St. Louis, 'forever chemicals' in Missouri drinking water, a DNR award to Pilot Grove for wastewater treatment improvement, warning on one Montana river regarding invasive trout, a sheen on the Mississippi River and Minneapolis, fish kills in Florida from fertilizer and in Michigan after harsh winter, using nuclear power to pump water to the Colorado River, and progress being made at Rock Lake Conservation Area in Kirksville

Join us in Kansas City on April 11th

for our first "Show-Me Less Plastic" KC area workshop!

Register soon!

It's Earth Month! Check out all the ways to get involved during the month of April!

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

• April 8 - Big Muddy Speakers Series: Daniel Boone's Overlooked Role in American and Missouri History, 7 PM (6 PM social hour), Bike Stop Cafe, 701 S. Riverside Dr, St. Charles, MO.
• April 8 - Kiwanis Park Volunteer Honeysuckle Work Event (West Side), 4 PM - 6 PM, Kiwanis Park, 926 College Park Dr, Columbia, MO.
• April 8 - Honeysuckle Hack and Removal, 9 AM - 12 PM, Greenfelder Park - Abe Phillips Trail Head, Forby Rd, Eureka, MO.
• April 8 - Grow Native! Webinar: Ozark Ethnobotony with Shaw Nature Preserve, 4 PM - 5 PM.
• April 9 - Volunteer Invasive Species Workshop Event, 4 PM - 6 PM, Boone County Nature School, 8989 South Tom Bass Rd, Columbia, MO.
• April 10 - Free MoIP Invasive Plant & ID Workshop, 10 AM - 3 PM, Doniphan, MO. To register, contact Lilly Germeroth, email: lilly@moprairie.org, phone: 314-390-9393
• April 11 - Tributary of Maline Creek Clean Up, 8 AM - 12 PM, Hudsen Park, College Dr, Ferguson, MO. Contact Joe Wenger, email: aenger79@gmail.com, phone: 314-603-9393
• April 11 - Confluence Trash Bash, 9 AM - 12 PM, 12450 West Watson Rd, St. Louis, MO.
• April 11 - Wright City Mission: Clean Stream, 9 AM - 11:30 AM, Corwin S. Rudge Memorial Park, 501 S. Elm Ave, Wright City, MO.
• April 11 - Show-Me Less Plastic Community Advocacy Workshop, 11 AM - 2:30 PM, 600 Broadway Blvd. Kansas City, MO.
• April 11 - Land-Based Cleanup: Edmundson, 9 AM - 11 AM, Meet at Lombardo's Parking Lot, 10488 Natural Bridge Rd, St. Louis, MO.
• April 11 - Land & Water Based Cleanup: Spanish Lake Park, 9 AM - 11 AM, 12500 Spanish Pond Rd, St. Louis, MO
• April 11 - Water-Based Cleanup: North Riverfront Park with Big Muddy Adventures, 9 AM - 11 AAPril M, 10550 Riverview Dr, St. Louis, MO.
• April 11 - Land-Based Cleanup: Bellefontaine Neighbors, 9 AM - 11 AM, St. Cyr Park & Tennis Court, 1105 St. Cyr Rd, St. Louis, MO.
• April 11 - Gloria Attoun Concert & Benefit for Earth's Classroom, 7 PM, Riverfront Cultural Society, 137 Front Street, New Haven, MO. ($15)
• April 13 - Smith Creek Tributary Cleanup and Reforestation, 8 AM - 1 PM, Ladue Downs Creek Area, Hewlett Court Access, Creve Coeur, MO
• April 14 - Big Muddy Speaker Series - Columbia: Learning from Lidar: Exploring the Missouri River's Relief, 7 PM (6 PM social hour), Riechmann Indoor Pavilion in Stephens Lake Park, 2300 E. Walnut St, Columbia, MO. Or by Zoom.
• April 16 - Litter Clean Up with Suzuki Marine USA, 9 AM - 11 AM, 380 State Park Marina Rd, Branson, MO
• April 16 - Registration for Callery Pear Buyback closes
• April 16 - Level 1 VWQM Workshop, 9 AM - 3:30 PM, Castlewood State Park, 1401 Kiefer Creek Rd, Ballwin, MO
• April 18 - Jefferson Barracks: Sylvan Springs Beverage Garden and Amphitheater Restoration & Planting, 9 AM - 11 AM, Sylvan Springs Beverage Garden at Jefferson Barracks, 300 Halsey St, St. Louis, MO.
• April 18 - Mallard Lake Pollinator Garden Maintenance, 8:30 AM - 12 PM, Creve Coeur Lakehouse Bar & Grill, 2160 Creve Coeur Mill Rd, St. Louis, MO
• April 18 - Honeysuckle Hack, 9 AM - 12 PM, Castlewood State Park, 1401 Kiefer Creek Rd, Ballwin, MO.
• April 18 - Serve JC: Wears Creek Litter Pickup, 9 AM - 12 PM, Washington Park, 711 Kansas St, Jefferson City, MO.
• April 18 - Spring Creek and Neighborhood Clean Up, 9 AM - 1 PM, The Pathway (Formerly the Black Path), 1421 East 66th St, Kansas City, MO.
• April 18 - Watershed Warriors, 4 PM - 6 PM, Riverside Landing Park, 101 Riverport Lane, St. Charles, MO.
• April 21 - MoIP Callery Pear Buyback Event, 3 PM -6 PM, Multiple locations around MO.
• April 22 - Missouri Prairie Foundation Webinar: Opening the Black Box: Soil Microbial Complexity Part 2 - Soil as the Final Frontier, 4 PM - 5 PM
• April 22 - ReRun 5K, 5 PM - 7:30 PM, Tower Grove Park, 4257 Northeast Dr, St. Louis, MO
• April 22 - Flat Branch Creek Cleanup, 9 AM - 12 PM, MKT Trail - Stadium Blvd Access, 800 Stadium Blvd, Columbia, MO
• April 22 - JRBP Earth Day Cleanup, 1 PM - 5 PM, Lake Springfield Boathouse, 5324 S Kissick Ave, Springfield, MO.
• April 22 - Earth Day Community Event, 4 PM - 7:30 PM, Mastodon State Historic Site, 1800 Seckman Road, Imperial, MO.
• April 25 - Friends of Kaw Point Monthly Cleanup, 9 AM - 12 PM, Kaw Point Park, 1403 Fairfax Parkways, Kansas City, MO.
• April 25 - National Park Week Riverfront Cleanup, 9 AM - 12 PM, Gateway National Park Riverfront, 50 S. Leonor K. Sullivan Blvd, St. Louis, MO.
• April 25 - Watershed Warriors, 12 PM - 2 PM, Hideaway Harbor Park, 1550 Hideaway Harbor Dr, Portage des Sioux, MO
• April 25 & 26 - Earth Day Festival - 2026, 11 AM - 5 PM, The Muny Grounds, Forest Park, 1 Theatre Drive, St. Louis, MO
• April 26 - Route 66 Restoration, 9 AM - 12 PM, 97 N. Outer Rd, Eureka, MO.
• April 29 - Route 66 Restoration, 9 AM - 12 PM, 97 N. Outer Rd, Euraka, MO
• April 30 - Honeysuckle Hack, 9 AM - 12 PM, Castlewood State Park, 1401 Kiefer Creek Rd, Ballwin, MO.

Our Legislative Lookout, and

hearings at the Capitol next week April 6th-9th

Hearings next week from our Watchlist include:

• Wednesday, April 8th - HB2395 Modifies provisions relating to sewage disposal, 10 AM, Senate Committee Room 2
• Wednesday, April 8th - HCR29 - Urges the United States Congress to reinstate mandatory country of origin labeling. 4:30 PM, House Hearing Room 6
• Thursday, April 9th - SB1651 - Creates provisions relating to benefits of Soil and Water Conservation District employees, 9:15 AM, Senate Committee Room 1

Advocacy Updates and Opportunities 

Comment period extended for the draft USACE Lower Missouri River Flood Risk and Resiliency System Plan and Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) - Comment period open until Wednesday, April 8th. To view the report and provide comments please visit the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) website at this link.

• April 7 at 10:00 AM - DNR Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy Meeting
• April 8 at 10:00 AM - Missouri Clean Water Commission Meeting
• April 9 at 12:00 PM - DNR Ammonia Variance Open House
• April 13 at 10:00 AM - Clean Water Fees Workgroup
• April 13 at 1:00 PM - Clean Water Fees Workgroup
• April 14 at 10:00 AM - DNR Safe Drinking Water Commission
• April 20 at 10:00 AM - 2028 Section 303(d) Listing Methodology Document Public Meeting
• April 23 at 12:00 PM - Ammonia Variance Open House
• April 27 at 10:00 AM - Clean Water Fees Workgroup
• April 27 at 1:00 PM - Clean Water Fees Workgroup
• May 13 at 10:00 AM - Water Protection Forum
• May 14 at 10:00 AM - Hazardous Waste Forum and Solid Waste Forum
• May 15 at 10:00 AM - Clean Water Fees Workgroup
• May 15 at 1:00 PM - Clean Water Fees Workgroup

See the Missouri DNR Water Pollution Control Sites of Interest website

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