ShareAccording to fellow outdoor writer, blogger and friend John Winkelman, significant amounts of money may be headed to the Big River Watershed for lead cleanup and mitigation.
According to his article, Missouri is the beneficiary of approximately $100 million due to the settlement of the American Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO) bankruptcy.

ShareBy Jo Schaper
To paraphrase a late 1960s slogan: “Lead is not good for children and other living things.” It’s a rare month goes by when some state or federal agency doesn’t sing this refrain over and over again.
I’m not here to tell you to sprinkle some every day on your morning cereal. But I [...]

Share(Kansas City, Kan., March 25, 2011) – The Doe Run Resources Corporation and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ (MDNR) Division of State Parks have agreed mitigate lead contamination at St. Joe State Park and Missouri Mines State Historic Site, including off-road vehicle (ORV) riding areas, the old Federal milling plant, now preserved as [...]

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In a ruling late last week, the Environmental Protection agency said it did not have the jurisdiction to ban lead ammunition under the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976. Subchapter IV, Lead Exposure Reduction is the general legislation under which lead hazard and lead abatement rules and regulations resulted in the phaseout of leaded [...]

ShareThe Missouri Department of Natural Resources will host a public information session to discuss the proposed boundary recommendations for the new lead standard.  The session will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 16 from 6  to 8 p.m. at the Herculaneum High School cafeteria, 1 Black Cat Drive in Herculaneum. The proposed designation for non-attainment will [...]