by admin | Jan 9, 2008 | News
Ameren-UE has agreed to pay the state 180-million dollars in cash and property to settle the lawsuit stemming from the Taum Sauk Reservoir collapse two years ago. Lengthy negotiation mixed with quantities of political sniping between the Governor and the...
by admin | Nov 28, 2007 | News
A $177 million settlement has been reached to rebuild the Taum Sauk reservoir and restore the Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park heavily damaged in the late 2005 breach of the reservoir’s dam. AmerenUE owns the Taum Sauk hydroelectric power plant. Spokesman...
by admin | Nov 13, 2007 | News
The first weekend of the firearms deer hunting season produces more than 100,000 dead deer. That’s down from last year’s opening weekend total of 124,000. A Missouri Conservation Department spokesman suggests the warm weather is to blame for...
by admin | Sep 20, 2007 | Crime / Courts
A joint enforcement effort involving conservation agents from Missouri and Kansas has led to the arrest of 14 people accused of possessing, selling, or disposing of wildlife taken illegally. The investigation has gone on for 19 months. Seven of those arrested are...
by admin | Aug 24, 2007 | News
More than 16 million people visit Missouri’s 83 state parks and historic sites each year. And, they’ll soon have an opportunity to visit an 84th. The Department of Conservation and the Department of Natural Resources are working together to create a new...
