A new state park is about to open. Echo Bluffs State Park, located in Eminence, Missouri, opens July 30. The Park will host a campground and lodging choices, which are now accepting reservations. Find more information from Gov. Nixon’s press release outlining the park’s features below.
Monthly Archives: June 2016
ImageGov. Nixon announces Echo Bluff State Park to open July 30
Discovering Nature Through Music And Photography
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Discover the beauty of nature with the music of John Nilsen and the photography of Noppadol Paothong (MDC photographer) at Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center June 24.
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Don’t Miss The 2016 Sustainable Backyard Tours This Sunday
Fred and Susan Burk of Kirkwood with some of the native plants they plan to give visitors at the June 12 Sustainable Backyard Tour. photo by Diana Linsley, Webster-Kirkwood Times.
The 2016 Sustainable Backyard Tour is all set for 11 a.m., this Sunday, June 12. Find out what fun you can expect this year by reading this overview!
Meramec Caverns To Reopen Upper Level Of Caverns For Tours
The EPA announced that Meramec Caverns is approved to open tours in the upper level of the caverns as of June 10, 2016.
Find the EPA Region 7 announcement that includes a list of controls that have been implemented in the caverns HERE.
The show cave closed on March 10, 2016, because of unsafe levels of TCE fumes. TCE is an unsafe solvent used in manufacturing of metals, like vehicle parts. The contamination most likely originates from Sullivan, Mo, four miles away from a landfill and the former TRW/Ramsey facility, according to the EPA.
Learn more about the contamination from an earlier Environmental Echo podcast report that can be found below.
Don Corrigan Tackles The Rocky Mountains
Something about Don fits right in with the 100th Anniversary Celebration of the NPS.
Don Corrigan recently packed up and headed west! He has put pen to paper and chronicled his outdoor adventures in the Rockies.
The 2016 Sustainable Backyard Tour: More Than Veggies and Compost
Above: A scene from last year’s Backyard Sustainability Tour. Photo provided by Terry Winkelmann.
Ever drive by a neighbor’s yard or see a backyard garden in your local area that makes you think – “I wonder how much work it takes to maintain a backyard garden or I wonder what type of grass is in that yard because they only mow a couple times each summer?”
Well, here is your chance to find out the answer to those questions and much more during the 2016 Sustainable Backyard Tour coming up June 12.
Celebrating Our National Parks: The Eleven Parks With Geologic Wonders
Photo: National Parks Service. Shown is Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
The National Park Service celebrates its centennial this year! Here is another interesting look inside our National Parks.
Let’s Rock: If you like rocks or rock formations there are 11 National Parks you might like to know more about. Here is a listing from the NPS detailing the “11 Lesser-Known Geologic Wonders in National Parks.” CLICK HERE.
“Jens Jensen The Living Green” Documentary Screening June 18
A screening of the award-winning documentary “Jens Jensen The Living Green,” will be held at the Nine Network in the Public Media Commons on June 18.
The screening about the ground-breaking landscape designer Jens Jensen is in celebration of the Missouri Prairie Foundation’s 50th Anniversary. The event is FREE and open to the public.
Corrigan’s GJR Media Coverage: Recent Coverage Of Westlake By Post-Dispatch Sparks Backlash
Westlake Landfill
by Don Corrigan (Article from the Gateway Journalism Review May 2016 )
When Dawn Chapman and other members of Just Moms St. Louis read a front-page story in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch titled, “Misplaced Fear,” they immediately went to social media to express their upset with the piece.
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