Johnson's Shut-ins

Iron County got $3 million for recovery after the Taum Sauk dam burst. The money is nearly gone.

The state parks department, together with the nonprofit the Beta Fund, have revamped and updated climbing routes in three state parks and have started offering lessons to beginners in Missouri with hopes of encouraging more novice climbers to try the sport.

By studying bedrock river erosion, researchers at Wash U hope to develop a better understanding of how rivers may react to future flooding events.

On Dec. 14, 2005, a section of dam wall along the old Taum Sauk reservoir collapsed, sending 1.3 billion gallons of water rushing down the side of Proffit…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 21, 2010 - JOHNSON'S SHUT-INS STATE PARK, Mo. - More than a billion years of Missouri geologic…