Pallid Sturgeon

The pallid sturgeons outlasted dinosaurs, but human changes to the Missouri River nearly wiped out the prehistoric fish. Some experts think the fish’s struggle could signal larger problems on the Big Muddy, especially as climate change accelerates.

Lake sturgeon are ancient creatures that have survived cataclysmic events over millions of years. But scientists worry they might not survive us.

Farmers along the Missouri River won a mass action federal lawsuit last December against the Army Corps of Engineers for land damages they say are...

Tim Schroeder is a little bleary-eyed.He left South Dakota before sunrise and drove 10 hours straight to Missouri — with a few hundred endangered fish in…

Farmers and environmentalists faced off at a hearing today in Jefferson City over a water project on the Missouri River west of Boonville.The U.S. Army…

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced today that it’s changing its short-term approach to managing water levels on the Missouri River, following…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 18, 2009 - With the GOP-controlled Legislature now out of session, two of the state's top…