Ozark National Scenic Riverways

Missourians are fortunate to have the Ozarks in our backyard. This unique and ancient landscape provides spectacular scenery, productive forests, abundant…

House and Senate budget negotiators have finalized the 12 remaining bills that make up Missouri's state budget for Fiscal Year 2015.Both sides signed off…

The Missouri House has given first-round approval to next year's state budget -- after spending most of Tuesday on amendments to the FY 2015 budget,…

(Updated at 3:39 p.m., February 20)Missouri senators passed a resolution to block the federal government's proposed changes in tourist restrictions at the…

Updated 2:40 p.m. Jan. 22:The National Park Service is holding the last public meeting on its proposed management plan for the Ozark National Scenic…

National Parks and other federally-run recreation sites in Missouri are open again, now that the partial government shutdown is over.Those sites include…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 21, 2013 - Environment Missouri, an environmental advocacy group, released the "Citizens' Guide…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 13, 2011 - Leaders of about a dozen national and state environmental and outdoor groups gathered…