WFO Little Rock MIC Renee Fair and WCM John Robinson staffed a severe weather education display at the “Warriors Day” children’s festival in Russellville, Arkansas. The festival was organized to honor the memory of 10 year-old Emelaine “Emmy” Cherry, who lost her life in the Super Tuesday (February 5th) tornado that struck the town of Atkins, 13 miles from Russellville. Emmy’s parents were also killed by the tornado.[more]

Eagle Days at the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge
Saturday & Sunday, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Old Chain of Rocks Bridge
10950 Riverview Drive, St Louis, MO 63137

• Educational eagle program repeated every 20 minutes, 10:00 a.m. – 2:40 p.m.
• Viewing scopes on the Bridge permit close-ups of eagles
• Re-enactors interact with the public…[more]

Her soulful, unmistakable voice has made her one of the greatest
all-time female rock icons. But musician Melissa Etheridge also uses her voice to raise awareness
about biodiesel, a renewable fuel that first inspired her three years ago. The National Biodiesel Board
is pleased to welcome Etheridge to the 2009 National Biodiesel Conference & Expo, Feb. 1 – 4 in
San Francisco.…[more]

Communities across the nation are struggling to meet the needs of their growing populations while continuing to protect local water and drinking water quality. Officials with the City of Willard have worked proactively to address this challenge by obtaining financial and technical assistance from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.

While attending a public meeting, Willard Planning and Development Director Randy Brown introduced himself to Department of Natural…[more]

Reeds Spring High School Stream Team No. 432 has seen a lot of milestones, but none has exceeded winning the President’s Environmental Youth Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
These dedicated juniors and seniors clearly didn’t need outside recognition to motivate them. In the past 15 years they have picked up litter and monitored water quality on Railey Creek and worked to increase awareness of stream conservation…[more]

COLUMBIA, Mo. - Plants that grow alongside streams play an important role in keeping those streams healthy. Grasses, shrubs and trees improve the ability of streamside wetlands to absorb water, nutrients and pollutants while helping control erosion and stream sediment. Trees moderate fluctuations in stream temperature by providing shade. Removing vegetation or otherwise reducing these wetlands and buffers can degrade water quality, with dire consequences for plants and animals in…[more]

JEFFERSON CITY - The Missouri Department of Transportation is ready to go with 34 transportation projects that could be awarded within 180 days of passage of an economic stimulus package that contains at least $25 billion for transportation infrastructure investments nationwide.  The projects, which would total about $510 million, would create about 14,000 jobs and have a $2.4 billion impact on the state’s economy.  Given additional funding beyond $510 million,…[more]

Common people, in their majority, envisage philosophers as persons who have lost contact with the real world and live somewhere between heaven and earth, in some kind of ideal realm, far from the ungracefulness of every day life. Maybe they are like that, or at least partly so, since their occupation is to understand and explain the human soul and the meaning of things.

Maria Osmarina da Silva…[more]

November is National American Indian Heritage Month and it’s the perfect time to reflect upon the values that native people have contributed to mainstream society. Although these values are deeply rooted in native culture, it may be surprising to learn that they are the foundation for many of the mainstream beliefs held today.…[more]

BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Thanksgiving morning dawned bright, clear and unseasonably warm. It was just the sort of day to start the holiday season. However, Dad and Grandpa had already made plans to get the boys out of the house and into the woods so the women could get ready for company.

In two shakes we would usually load the truck with crosscut saws, axes, sledge hammers and metal…[more]