ShareGeneral Michael G. Walsh of the Corps of Engineers, and president of the Mississippi River Commission announced at a news conference this evening that the New Madrid Floodway would be ready for operation at 9 p.m. tonight.
By Jo Schaper
Opening the floodway will take place between 9 p.m. and midnight. Operations will then [...]

ShareJEFFERSON CITY, MO, JAN. 27, 2011 — Ranger Charles S. Helton, a park ranger with the department’s Division of State Parks, has been named as the January 2011 Employee of the Month by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.Helton was selected for his quick response in rescuing two children from fast-moving water.

ShareJ.C. Kuessner, outgoing state representative and House assistant minority floor leader from Eminence, has resigned the remainder of his term to accept a position in the Department of Natural Resources, Division of State Parks, as deputy director for administration.

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Updated September 1, 2010
Mark Twain National Forest firefighters, assisted by personnel from North Reynolds County Fire Protection District, made significant progress August 30 and 31 on the Carty Fire, but needed rain made the crucial difference in getting the fire under control, according to USFS officials.

ShareMark Twain Forest News Release – August 30
A wildland fire is burning in heavy fuels on National Forest lands on Salem Ranger District, Mark Twain National Forest, approximately 3 miles west of Black, Missouri. Black is approximately 40 miles southeast of Salem, Missouri, and approximately 6 miles west of Johnson Shut-ins State [...]

ShareIt was the first time Virginia and I had been away from home by ourselves in four or five years. We ran my Traveler newsstand route July 1-2, which gave me a chance to introduce her to some of my favorite people and places in Traveler Country.
I usually make advertising calls along the route, but [...]

ShareTraveler assistant editor Jo Schaper was at Johnson’s Shut-Ins on June 29, and shot these short videos of the Black River while standing in the Shut-Ins. People sometimes still ask about water quality…it looks pretty good from where she stood.

Looking upstream:

ShareIt’s not your grandparents’ Johnson’s Shut-Ins anymore.
After four and a half years, the worst disaster in a Missouri state park is now history. Under a bright blue sky, on a warm May day with a gentle breeze blowing and just a few hundred yards from where 1.5 billion gallons of water washed a mountainside [...]