Missouri Resources Back Issues

Front Cover: A large tree at Big Oak Tree State Park near East Prairie
Back Cover: Strange patterns in the Missouri River mud near Huntsdale

Director's Comment: Childers – New department Web pages keep environmental protection consumer-friendly

Features:

• Missouri's Black Gold, Kaden, Duley, Beydler (DGLS)
• Success at Two Mile Pork, Tremblay (DO)
• Get Out and Play, Sieg (DSP)
• A Facelift for Rocky Fork, O'Dell (DEQ)

News Briefs:

• Eastern Thought Process Protects Midwestern Water Resources (DO
• Prier's Pioneer Museum Expanded (DO)
• New Madrid Seismic Zone Conference Set (DGLS)
• Website Advice On Saving Gas (EC)
• More Stringent Regs for CAFOs (DEQ)
• Katy Trail Receives National Recognition (DSP)
• Book Explores Missouri Geology (DGLS)
• Grant Program Targets Heritage Properties (SHPO)
• Missouri River Relief Cleaning Up Again (DEQ)

Environmental Notes: Recycling Still Worth the Effort

Time Exposures: WW II Scrap Paper Collection in Chillicothe

Stream Team Notebook: United for Water Quality in Douglas County

Resource Honor Roll:

• Parkway Schools: Teaching the Three R's
• Greg Combs: Peerless Performance

Resources to Explore: Boy Gone Wild! (on the Katy Trail), Balkenbush (DSP)

Career Connection: Darrel Pratte: No Boundaries, Beydler (DGLS)

One Last Word: Testing the Waters, Lovejoy (SWRO)

Front Cover: A woven-wire fence announces winter's return on Dec. 11, 2007
Back Cover: The city of Ashland was particularly hard hit during a fierce ice storm

Director's Comment: Gov. Blunt – state park system praise and new park acquisition in Shannon County

Features:

• Change is in the Air, Hobson (DEQ)
• Funding Fitness, Jaques (DSP)
• The State of the Environment 2008 Update, Geller (FSD)

News Briefs:

• Taum Sauk Breach Settlement Reached (DO)
• Permit Assistant Wins National Award (DEQ)
• Geological Survey Program Commended (DGLS)
• Assistance Program Heads Off Problems (FSD)
• Brownfield Program Rebuilds Communities (EIERA)
• Drought Relief Approved by U.S.D.A. (DO)
• No E. Coli Detected in Final 2007 Testing (DEQ)
• February is Earthquake Awareness Month (DGLS)
• State Parks Seeks Your Input on Future (DSP)

Environmental Notes: Bottled Water Tapped Out?

Time Exposures: Ha Ha Tonka: Photographed before fire destroyed the mansion

Stream Team Notebook: Dedicating a Decade to Water Quality

Resource Honor Roll:

• Cecil Fretwell: Watershed Pioneer
• Thomas Herrmann: Engineering Clean Water

Resources to Explore: "Osage Village and Towosahgy State Historic Sites, Comer and Sieg (DSP)

Career Connection: Unraveling Riddles for Energy Savings, Cordray (DO)

One Last Word: Not Your Grandpa's Windmill, Cordray (DO)

Front Cover: The Chocolate-Vanilla Room at Devil's Ice Box
Back Cover: Visitors fishing at Knob Noster State Park

Director's Comment: Childers – Introduces new park in Shannon County and reports on Ombudsman Program and Permit Assistant

Features:

• Diverse Skills Suit Parks' Mission, Balkenbush, Crocker and Fredrickson (DSP)
• Big Muddy Goes Online, Archer (FSD)
• CSI: Environment, Deters (DO)

News Briefs:

• Clean Water Initiative Boosts Communities (DO)
• "Permit Assistant" Now Available (DO)
• Recommended for Recreation Grants (DO)
• Bennett Spring Recycling Asphalt (DSP)
• Awards to Protect Drinking Water (DEQ)
• EIERA Funds Brownfield Cleanups (EIERA)
• Twelve Communities Obtain Water Grants (DEQ)
• Missouri Receives Brownfields Grants (DEQ)
• Few Lake Coves Test High for E. Coli (DEQ)
• No Pesticides in Most Tested Wells (DEQ)

Environmental Notes: Compact Fluorescent vs. Incandescent

Time Exposures: Log farm home near Meramec Springs hosts visitors on July 8, 1919

Stream Team Notebook: Camdenton Teacher Makes a Splash with Stream Team

Resource Honor Roll:

• Tom Hawley: Environmental Chaplain
• Ben Knox: Spirit of the River

Resources to Explore: St Joe State Park, Sieg (DSP)

Teacher's Notebook: Career Connection: Shrinking Resource Equals Growing Field, Archer (FSD)

One Last Word: Tree-planting Effort Sets State Park Record, Holst (DSP)

Front Cover: Rural road in Schuyler Co.
Back Cover: Sunlight reflects off Long Branch Lake near Macon

Director’s Comment: Childers – Show visitors your Show-Me Pride

Features:

• Alternatives – Wastewater Systems for Small Towns, Neher (DEQ)
• WOW’d in Kansas City, Fredrickson (DSP)
• Taneycomo’s Pollution Solution, Lovejoy (FSD)

News Briefs:

• State of the Environment Report Released (DO)
• Stream Team Data Support Clean River (DEQ)
• Scrap Tires Aid Water Treatment (DEQ)
• Missouri River Relief Cleanups (DO)
• Natural Areas Program Celebrates Anniversary (DSP)
• Big, Old Tire Dump Cleaned Up (DEQ)
• Turkey Farmers Win Environmental Award (DO)
• Online Manuals Help Explain Regulation Process (DEQ)
• Permit Forms Now Online (DEQ)
• Statewide Water Trail Would Be Nation’s Longest (DO)
• AECI Named Wind Co-op of the Year (DO)
• Safe Disposal of CRT Waste: E-scrap (DEQ)
• Clean Water Effort Expanded (DEQ)
• Bird Watching Data on Web (DSP)

Environmental Notes: Flushing Drugs Won’t Stop Environmental Side Effects

Time Exposures: Kansas City’s interurban electric train (KCCC and STJ) ran from 1913 to 1933

Resource Honor Roll:

• Arnold Stream Team #211: Meramec River Defenders
• Kansas City WildLands: Connecting People to Nature

Resources to Explore: Lake Wappapello State Park, Sieg (DSP)

Teacher’s Notebook: Natural Resource Boards Want You, Tremblay (DO)

One Last Word: Watching the Waters – Monitoring Supply to Meet Demand, Archer (FSD)

Front Cover: Moon through burr oak branches
Back Cover: Heavy snow on small stream

Director’s Comment: Department Operational Improvements, Public Interaction and Input

Features:

• Environmental Emergency Response Team, Cordray (FSD)
• Get Down! Putting Missouri’s Underground to Work, Deters (DO) Vandike (DGLS)
• Meet Rebecca – Cleanups Based on Environmental Risk, Cady (DEQ)

News Briefs:

• New Satellite Offices Open (FSD)
• DNR Improves Permit Access (DEQ)
• Whitmire Micro-Gen MRBCA Cleanup (DEQ)
• DGLS Hosts Cluster Meeting (DGLS)
• Governor Honors DNR Employees (DO)
• Help for Water and Wastewater Systems (DEQ)
• Parks Director on eFriends (DSP)
• Ombudsmen Busy During First Year (DO)
• Popular Scrap Tire Roundup is Back (DEQ)
• State Funds Sewer, Water Improvements (DEQ; EIERA)

Environmental Notes: Let There be (a Little Less) Light

Time Exposures: Wheat Threshing on Distler Farm – 1960

Resource Honor Roll:

• Watkins Mill Volunteers: Keeping History Alive
• Dan Leyland: Clear Water Specialist

Resources to Explore: Bennett Spring State Park, Tucker (DSP)

Teacher’s Notebook: Career Connection: Love of Outdoors Spurred Plan to be a Planner, Sieg (DSP)

One Last Word: Environmental Assistance Visits, Cordray (FSD)

Cover: Water from Ha Ha Tonka spring flows over bur-reed

Director's Comments: Thanks to Missouri voters for their support of the Parks-and-Soils Sales Tax

Features:

• Missouri Ready to Rock? New Madrid Fault a National Priority, (DGLS staff)
• Marshfield - A City in Control, Tremblay (DO)
• Making the Right Connections, Cordray (FSD)

News Briefs:

• Green Building Takes the LEED® (DO)
• Mueller Named Water Resources Director (DO)
• DNR and EPA vs. SSOs (DEQ)
• Missouri State Parks Camper Awards Program Announced (DSP)
• Department Recognized for Flexible Permits (DEQ)
• New Watershed Group Sets Agenda for Lake of the Ozarks (DO)
• Harris Honored by Deputy Drug Czar (FSD)
• Survey Shows IAVs Helpful to Missouri Businesses (DEQ)
• Low-Interest Loans Awarded to Missouri Schools and Communities (DO)

Environmental Notes: What You Know Can Help Protect the Environment

Time Exposures: The Martin Hotel in Versailles, 1884

Resource Honor Roll:

• Terry Whaley: Ozark Trail Blazer
• Tom Judge: Cleanup Follow-up

Resources to Explore: Van Meter State Park, Durbin (DSP)

Teacher's Notebook: Seeking Energy - New Curriculum Provides Path, Hopkins (FSD)

One Last Word: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Retire, Westmoreland (DO)

Front Cover: Aerial view of Taum Sauk Reservoir breach

Back Cover: Dogwoods in bloom

Director's Comments: Childers -- Visit a park this spring; Taum Sauk update; parks-and-soils sales tax; DNR Green Building award

Features:

• Missouri's Parks-and-Soils Sales Tax, Holst (DSP); Tempinson (DEQ)
• Terracing Tradition, Saving Soil is a Family Practice, Tempinson (DEQ)
• Unnatural Disaster, Tremblay (DO)

News Briefs:

• New Approach Helps Solve Old Problems (FSD)
• Third Satellite Office Opens (FSD)
• Ombudsman Program Fills Final Position (DO)
• New Geologic Maps Released (DGLS)
• Districts Receive Conservation Awards (DEQ)
• Katy Trail Deadline Nears (DSP)
• Grant Benefits Missouri Trails (DSP)
• Governors Call for E85 Vehicles (DO)
• Yearning for a Yurt? (DSP)

Environmental Notes: Small Batteries Fuel Hard-Charging Lifestyle

Resource Honor Roll:

• Unlimited Play Playground - Natalie and Todd Blakemore
• Variety Wonderland Playground - Dennis and Judith Jones

Time Exposures: Cape Girardeau's Mississippi Riverfront suffers many 20th century floods

Resources to Explore: Crowder State Park, Sieg (DSP)

Teacher's Notebook: Career Connection: Water Protection - A Job for the Ages, Meredith (DEQ)

One Last Word: Show-Me Missouri State Parks - Katy Trail Challenge, Fredrickson (DSP)

Front Cover: Historic Busch Stadium Demolition

Back Cover: Aquila's Sibley Generating Station near Kansas City

Director's Comments: Childers -- Missouri competing with other states for rights to use of Missouri River

Features:

• Award-Winning Interpretation: A State Park Tradition, Mooney (DSP)
• Heated Competition, Tempinson (DEQ)
• Missouri Water...In High Demand, Drew, Rouse (DO-Water Resources)

News Briefs:

• Ribbon Cutting Launches Maryville Satellite Office (FSD)
• Morris State Park Dedicated in Bootheel (DSP)
• Ombudsmen Offer Compliance Assistance (DO)
• Volunteers Dedicate a Decade to Stream Quality (DEQ)
• New Online Tour Reservation System (DSP)
• Water Systems That Fail to Test (DEQ)
• Compliance Assistance Before Inspection (DEQ)
• Reservoir Failure Floods State Park (sidebar)
• Teachers Receive Water Education Award (DEQ)

Environmental Notes: Caring for Your PET (important to recycle plastic containers with the "PET" symbol)

Resource Honor Roll:

• Jane Bishop: Environmental Protector
• Holly Neill: Water Values

Time Exposures: Back roads to Elephant Rocks in summer 1935

Resources to Explore: Roaring River State Park, Sieg (DSP)

Teacher's Notebook: Discover a Watershed' A Sound Example, Pitts (FSD)

One Last Word: Southern Housepitality, Lovejoy (FSD)

Front Cover: Sunset over lake

Back Cover: Fall leaves in woods

Director's Comments: Childers -- Value of public input; environmental protection with economic growth

Features:

• Making Clear Decisions About Source Water Protection, Scott (DEQ)
• It's a Matter of Opinion, Fredrickson (DSP)
• Crop-ortunities (DO-Energy)

News Briefs:

• Summer 2005 Drought Worst in 17 years (DO-Water, DGLS)
• St. Louis School Gets Solar Array (DO-Energy)
• Natural Missouri Revealed in Book (DSP)
• New Camper Cabins in Some Parks (DSP)
• Ignoring Gender Roles Wins Jobs Recognition (DGLS)
• Missouri-Arkansas Border Redefined (DGLS)
• Scrap Tire Cleanups Funded by Renewed Fee (DEQ)
• Biomass Report Available Online (DO-Energy)
• Missouri Has New 50-cent Battery Fee (DEQ)

Environmental Notes: New Face for an Old Flame (wood-burning stoves)

Resource Honor Roll:

• Wayne Brown (contractor remediated illegal dump)
• Joe Pitts

Time Exposures: Washington Hotel, Greenfield

Resources to Explore: "Katy Trail State Park, Durbin (DSP)

Teacher's Notebook: Career Connection: A Job You Can Really Dig, Sieg (DSP)

One Last Word: Recognizing Diversity, Tremblay (DO-Communications)

Cover: Summer sky and clouds

Director's Comments: Childers -- Introduction; plans for department; parks-and-soils sales tax

Features:

• Bike to Work -- Getting the Cycle Started, Archer (OAC)
• Hold Your Ground ... BMPs Stop Erosion; Keep Water Clean, Frazier (OAC)
• Trash Cams" Nab Dumpers -- Provide Evidence for Local Enforcement, Abbott (ALPD)

News Briefs:

• Saving Green on Gasoline (OAC)
• Teachers Win Water Education Award (WPSCD)
• Bike Trails Rate B+; Brochure Details 300-mile Ozark Trail (DSP)
• Passport Adventures Lead to State Parks (DSP)
• Water Pollution Grants Offered (WPSCD)
• 'Tis the Season For Ozone (ALPD)
• Tire Fire Risk Continues to Grow (ALPD)
• New DNR Director To Address Waste Conference (EIERA)
• Fuel-saving Vehicles Tour the State (OAC)

Environmental Notes: Don't Lose Your Shirt -- Recycle It!

Resource Honor Roll:

• Blue Springs South High School
• Darren Schroepfer, well driller

Time Exposures: Missouri River dikes and industry -- Kansas City, 1900

Resources to Explore: Of Grave Concern, Fredrickson (DSP) [Cemeteries of 19th-century Missouri governors]

Teacher's Notebook: Food For Thought, Lubbers (OAC)

One Last Word: Make That Call ... It Helps Us All, Bungart (ALPD)