The Division of Environmental Quality within the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) offers compliance assistance visits (CAVs) to those regulated by the department. CAVs assist with understanding regulatory requirements…
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DC, Minnesota, and Missouri Mark National Pollinators Week
In honor of National Pollinator Week this week, states are taking the opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of pollinators and what citizens can do to protect them. Below…
ECOS Members Featured at Midwest Environmental Compliance Conference
ECOS members Carol Comer of Missouri, Bill Ehm of Iowa, Jim Macy of Nebraska, and John Mitchell of Kansas spoke at the Midwest Environmental Compliance Conference in Kansas City, MO…
ECOS Profiles Top Ten State Earth Day Activities
To mark Earth Day on April 22, ECOS requested information regarding how state agencies were celebrating. The association was impressed with the number and variety of original approaches reported via…
Missouri Hosts Envirothon to Promote High Schoolers’ Environmental Awareness
This week, students from across Missouri came together to compete in the state’s 2017 Envirothon. Teams of five students from grades 9-12 tested their knowledge on various environmental topics. Topics…
Missouri Offers Grants to Promote Sustainable Waste Tire Efforts
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is now accepting applications for Scrap Tire Surface Material Grants. There are two offerings for the cost and delivery of scrap tire surface material…
Missouri’s Lincoln University Wetland Restoration Project
Wetlands play an important role in water quality and filtration, aquifer recharge, flood control, phytoremediation, and biodiversity. To demonstrate the benefits of wetlands, Lincoln University (LU) has restored a 12-acre…
Missouri, Arizona Team to Create Shareable Cloud-Based Portal Architecture
On December 1, Government Technology published an article about the state Local Government Portal (LGP), an E-Enterprise for the Environment project led by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and…
Missouri Offers Wide-Ranging Youth Education Program
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Youth Education and Interpretation Program is providing education and interpretive services for youth, teachers, and youth leaders. Through the program, the department draws on…
9-12 Summary of State Responses to SCOTUS Clean Power Plan Stay
This document is a summary of State responses to Clean Power Plan (CPP) Stay (as of 9/12/16). *Alaska, Vermont, and Hawaii, as well as the D.C., are exempt from the…
