Archive for December, 2008

Corps sues Ameren over sediment from Taum Sauk collapse

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

STLtoday.com, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website, reports the Army Corps of Engineers is suing AmerenUE, claiming Clearwater Lake in
southeast Missouri was damaged by sediment from the 2005 collapse of the
utility’s upper Taum Sauk reservoir. Read the story at http://www.stltoday.com/business/manutech

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Conservation Commission backs off some permit fee hikes

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

At its December 19 meeting in Jefferson City, the Missouri Conservation Commission discussed changes to the structure and pricing of hunting, fishing and trapping permits as proposed by the Commission in September. (more…)

Riverways ranger honored for interpretation

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Culpepper MWR award Oct.jpgPark Ranger Bryan Culpepper (right) is shown here receiving the prestigious Freeman Tilden Award presented to him by Superintendent Reed Detring of Ozark National Scenic Riverways.

Bryan Culpepper, park ranger at Ozark National Scenic Riverways, was awarded the Midwest Region Freeman Tilden Award for his continued contribution to Ozark Heritage Days and the National Park Service. The award recognizes outstanding (more…)

Wappapello Lake management, staff recognized

Friday, December 12th, 2008

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From left, Corps of Engineers Divisional Award Winners: Park Ranger Crystal Baughman from Chief Joseph Dam and Rufus Wood Lake (Northwest Division Region), Stephen Austin (USACE Headquarters), Natural Resources Specialist Park Ranger Andrew Jefferson from Wappapello Lake (National Winner and Mississippi Valley Division Region), Park Ranger Kimberly Baker from Caesar Creek Lake (Great Lakes and Ohio River Division Region), Recreation Specialist Judy Scott (Southwest Division Region).

It’s been a good year for the Corps of Engineers staff at Wappapello Lake.

The Wappapello Lake Project and staff was recognized as the nation’s top U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Natural Resources Management Project of the Year in 2008 and Wappapello’s Natural Resources Specialist Park Ranger Andrew Jefferson was (more…)

Corps prepares for Wappapello winter drawdown

Friday, December 12th, 2008

The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers at Wappapello Lake is preparing for the annual winter drawdown from recreation pool to conservation pool. In accordance with the water control plan, the pool is drawn down from the recreation pool elevation of (more…)

Missouri deer harvest at 200,623

Sunday, December 7th, 2008

Missouri’s firearms season deer harvest was 200,623, according to the Missouri Department of Conservation webiste. That included 74,630 antlered bucks, 28,867 (more…)

Voice of Ozarks to meet

Monday, December 1st, 2008

The annual meeting of Voice of the Ozarks will be Saturday evening, Jan. 31, 2009, at the old gymnasium in Eminence. Further details will be announced. (more…)


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