A New Johnson’s Shut-Ins Coming Soon

Expect a rejuvenated Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park now that the legal issues have been resolved.  Natural Resources Department Director Doyle Childers says the settlement with AmerenUE will clear the way for a new Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park, while...

Taum Sauk Settlement Approved

  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...

Environmentally Friendly Buildings for the Birds? Not So!

Those environmentally friendly "green buildings" have been cropping up throughout the country in what is seen, for the most part, as a positive development. But there might be a downside for our fine feathered friends. Ornithologists say millions of birds...