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1997 Environment Stories

• 12/ 2/1997: Radio Story - While activists were worrying about the spotted-owl's survival, biologists say one Missouri animal has probably become extinct.
• 11/ 6/1997: Newspaper Story - High-school kids wade thru mud to help track the water quality of Missouri streams.
• 11/ 6/1997: Newspaper Story - Hundreds of Missourians are volunteering to keep watch over Missouri Streams
• 10/14/1997: Radio Story - The largest propane dealer in the country gives you tips on how to minimize your propane use.
• 10/14/1997: Radio Story - Propane dealers have been stocking up over the summer to keep winter prices pretty stable.
• 10/14/1997: Radio Story - Mother nature will color with more vivid shades of red, yellow, and orange this year says state foresters.
• 10/14/1997: Radio Story - Scientists have discovered two new types of wild flowers growing in Missouri.
• 9/25/1997: Radio Story - Monarch butterflies are on their way to Mexico...but they're sweeping across St. Louis first.
• 9/23/1997: Radio Story - Quail numbers are up, and that's good news for Missouri hunters.
• 9/23/1997: Radio Story - A new forest management plan helps Missourians know which forests are for recreational activities.
• 9/ 9/1997: Radio Story - The economic bill before Missouri's Senate includes tax credits to help fix historic structures.
• 5/ 8/1997: Radio Story - State lawmakers voted to use tax payer money to build car inspection stations in St.Louis.
• 5/ 7/1997: Newspaper Story - Opposition to auto-exhaust inspections in the St. Louis area stalls the House on the budget.
• 5/ 6/1997: Radio Story - The House again rejects funding for state-run auto-exhaust inspection stations in the St. Louis area.
• 4/29/1997: Radio Story - The House rejected a measure that would have funded a program to consolidate car emissions inspections in the St. Louis area.
• 4/28/1997: Newspaper Story - Vice President of Nigerian environmental and human rights organization (MOSOP) in state capitol for Environmental Lobby Day
• 4/24/1997: Radio Story - As river waters rise, so too does the debt of the nation's flood insurance program.
• 4/23/1997: Newspaper Story - Nigerian environmentalists attend Missouri's Environmental Lobby Day.
• 4/22/1997: Radio Story - The House-Senate budget conference committee agrees to continue funding for the St. Louis auto exhaust inspection program.
• 4/ 9/1997: Newspaper Story - Experts beginning to predict extensive flooding in Missouri this spring.
• 3/25/1997: Radio Story - The House votes to give funds to stores that ran into problems with the state's new electronic deer hunting permits.
• 3/24/1997: Radio Story - Construction unions oppose a bill to eliminate some asbestos removal safety regulations.
• 3/ 5/1997: Newspaper Story - Water Patrol may gain more power to regulate the "Party Cove" in Lake of the Ozarks
• 3/ 4/1997: Newspaper Story - The "Party Cove" at Lake of the Ozarks would face regulation if two representatives have their way.
• 3/ 4/1997: Radio Story - A proposed bill would ban the party cove for safety reasons.
• 3/ 3/1997: Radio Story - Some 4-H students think Missouri needs a state fish as well as a state mammal and a state aquatic animal.
• 2/19/1997: It would be a crime to harass a fisherman under a bill approved by the House Parks Committee.
• 2/11/1997: Radio Story - Funding for levee repair could come from the parks and soils sales tax.
• 2/ 4/1997: Radio Story - Background on legislation to regulate billboards in Missouri.
• 2/ 4/1997: Radio Story - Lawmakers hear proposal to allow more billboards along the highways.
• 1/30/1997: Newspaper Story - GOP senators protest EPA air quality rules.