Category Archives: Environment

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.

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Turret Arch and North Window are two of the massive stone arches at the Windows Section in Arches National Park. Photo Credit: NPS/Jacob W. Frank.

The National Parks Service celebrates its centennial this year! 

Watch for Don Corrigan’s story this month on the National Park Service (NPS) and their 100th Anniversary, and why more and more people are planning summer trips to the parks to celebrate and to take advantage of some deals, both locally and nationally.

The NPS has many opportunities to learn and experience the country’s National Parks during this centennial year. One way to learn is to see what issues the NPS is currently focused on, like the nine parks the NPS says are in peril.

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