River Policy

Many cities are already investing in nature-based solutions, such as removing pavement, building marshes and making room for rivers to flow. Now, St. Louis is looking to learn from Missouri’s neighbors in Dubuque, Iowa, on what the city can do with the River Des Peres.

It’s a newer consideration for environmentalists, who previously thought that river systems were relatively benign and don’t contribute many greenhouse gas emissions.

Congress approved $33 million to restore Quincy Bay, an 8-square-mile backwater of the Mississippi River.

Rivers have never been static things – least of all the mighty Mississippi. But the major waterway’s recent volatility has taken that natural…