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Missouri River - Flood Management
11:01 pm
Mon May 14, 2012

New report calls the Missouri River 'endangered' by poor flood management

Credit (Diana Fredlund/US Army Corps of Engineers)
A non-federal levee near Rulo, Neb., experienced an overtopping breach in June, 2011, flooding U.S. Route 159 and part of Holt County, Mo.
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A new report calls flood management on the Missouri River “outdated” and says it’s putting the public at risk.

The report by the environmental advocacy group American Rivers identifies the Missouri River as one of the ten most endangered in the country.

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Pollinators - Bees
3:43 pm
Fri May 11, 2012

New Missouri initiative looks to create buzz about bees

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Credit Ed Spevak/Saint Louis Zoo
The Saint Louis Zoo’s Ed Spevak found this blueberry bee at the Missouri Botanical Garden on March 25. It is the first blueberry bee recorded in Saint Louis since the 1930s.
Credit Véronique LaCapra
These honey bee hives are located at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis. MOBOT is one of several local partners participating in “The Great Missouri Buzz Off.”
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The Missouri Department of Agriculture is launching a new initiative to try to create some buzz about bees.

Agriculture Director Jon Hagler says “The Great Missouri Buzz Off” aims to educate Missourians about bees and beekeeping.

“Whether it be honeybees, or native bees, they’re so vital to our agriculture’s success, and to our horticulture’s success, and we have such amazing resources here in our state,” Hagler said.

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Air pollution
6:24 am
Mon May 7, 2012

Hot days mean more air pollution – and potential health risks

Credit (Missouri Department of Natural Resources)
Air pollution is visible in this view of the St. Louis skyline.
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Warming temperatures may have you wanting to spend more time outdoors. But warm weather can mean more unhealthy air.

Susannah Fuchs of the American Lung Association says our region’s sunny, hot, nearly windless summer weather creates the perfect conditions for the formation of ozone – the main component of smog.

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