This week's podcast: An interview with Kat Logan Smith about nuclear waste contamination at a St. Louis landfill. An article that also discusses the landfill can be read here: Missouri Coalition for the Environment Urges Action on West Lake Landfill Issue
Nature and Wildlife
Fourteen whooping crane chicks reached Union County Kentucky on Thanksgiving Day on their ultralight-guided migration from Necedah National Wildlife Refuge in central Wisconsin to Chassahowitzka and St. Marks National Wildlife Refuges along Florida’s Gulf Coast.
These majestic birds,…[read further]
Outdoor Recreation
The city of Springfield has put into effect a new ordinance to lower the speed limit on residential streets all across the city.
If you live in Springfield, please take a moment to write to your city council…[read further]
Destinations
Kansas City is one of five international “Destinations to Watch” in 2009, according to SmarterTravel.com. The popular travel Web site recently unveiled to USA Today its top picks for travel in 2009, and Kansas City was the only place in…[read further]
Outdoor Recreation
President George Bush said, “I like to fish because it is totally relaxing. I love the water. I can concentrate and forget all my worries. I count my blessings while fishing.”
And he’s not the only one! Fishing…[read further]
Nature and Wildlife
Missouri’s Department of Natural Resources has created an Environmental Education Scholarship Program to assist minority and underrepresented students who wish to pursue a degree in an environmental course of study.
Those areas of study should lead to a…[read further]
Environment
In a recently conducted study, a multidisciplinary French-American research team with expertise in archaeology, past climates, and ecology reported that Neanderthal extinction was principally a result of competition with Cro-Magnon populations, rather than the consequences of climate change.
Nature and Wildlife
Kids and adults alike can enjoy a hands-on, interactive outdoor activity and help wildlife at the same time this winter by participating in the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation’s Winter Bird Feeder Survey.
Providing food for wintering birds…[read further]
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You actually burn more calories sleeping than watching television.
