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Conservation - Birds
6:00 pm
Tue October 4, 2011

New Audubon Center north of St. Louis will facilitate bird viewing along Mississippi River

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Credit (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District)
The American white pelican is one of several large birds that use the Mississippi Flyway as a migration route.
Credit (Véronique LaCapra, St. Louis Public Radio)
The new Audubon Center at the Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary in West Alton.
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The Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary is opening a new information center overlooking the Mississippi River in West Alton.

Riverlands program manager Charlie Deutsch of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the 3,700-acre sanctuary attracts tens of thousands of migratory birds every year.

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North St. Louis - riverfront development
5:00 am
Mon August 22, 2011

Public meeting to discuss north St. Louis riverfront development

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Credit (SLDC RFQ, July 9, 2010)
Map of the North Riverfront Business Corridor. Exhibit 1, locater map, from the St. Louis Development Corporation's (SLDC) “Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for Consultants for the Port/North Riverfront Land-Use Study."
Credit (SLDC RFQ, July 9, 2010)
North Riverfront Business Corridor aerial photo. Looking north: Municipal River Terminal on lower right, Produce Row in center, I-70 on left, Tri-/City Port on upper right. Exhibit 2 from the SLDC RFQ.
Credit (Hudson & Associates)
St. Louis Development Corporation meeting flyer.
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The St. Louis Development Corporation is holding a public meeting on Tuesday afternoon to discuss plans to develop the north St. Louis riverfront.

The engineering firm HNTB has been studying the 3,000-acre area for the city, to figure out what’s needed to turn it into a freight transportation hub. The city also wants to attract new businesses and jobs.

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Nitrate Pollution / Mississippi River Basin
3:09 pm
Tue August 9, 2011

Nitrate pollution in Mississippi River Basin remains at 1980s levels, despite reduction efforts

Credit (Courtesy U.S. Geological Survey)
A map showing each of the sites involved in the U.S. Geological Survey's study on nitrate pollution in the Mississippi River Basin.
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A new study shows that despite decades of effort to reduce nitrate pollution in the Mississippi River Basin, concentrations remain as high today as they were in the 1980s.

The U.S. Geological Survey conducted the study, which looked at nitrate levels at eight sites on the Mississippi, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, and Ohio rivers.

USGS hydrologist and study lead Lori Sprague said the next step will be to figure out where the pollution is coming from.

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