Special to River Hills Traveler
By Amanda Keefe of The Perryville Republic-Monitor
http://www.perryvillenews.com
At the first of two meetings, held Tuesday to discuss the grotto sculpin community plan to the public, there was little turnout, but those who attended learned about the ins and outs of the plan, as well as the importance of it.
From noon to [...]

In this morning’s STL Today is a report that Representative Sam Graves of Tarkio in northwest Missouri has introduced a proposal to cut the Missouri River Recovery Program funding by $21 million from $71 million to $50 million.

(U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service news release)
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today designated the Ozark hellbender as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) and also finalized its decision to list the Ozark and eastern hellbender in Appendix III of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora [...]

Secretary of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced more than $53 million in grants to 17 states to support conservation planning and acquisition of vital habitat for threatened and endangered fish, wildlife, and plants on August 25.
Among the grants are one for $534, 750 to the Missouri Dept. of Conservation to acquire an 895 [...]