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The Alert CITIZEN ACTION Missouri Coalition for the Environment Volume 47, Issue 2 / FALL 2016 Effective Citizen Action Since 1969 IN THIS ISSUE OVER 45 YEARS OF EFFECTIVE The Alert CITIZEN ACTION Missouri Coalition for the Environment Volume 47, Issue 2 / FALL 2016 Effective Citizen Action Since 1969 WHAT’S INSIDE The Value of Wetlands: Underneath the Surface By Alicia Lloyd, Clean Water Policy Coordinator Missourians have lost up to a startling 87 percent of our lost to agricultural drainage. As the private gains from state’s historic wetlands—one of the most productive development and agribusiness accrue unchallenged and diverse ecosystems in the world. Wetlands are and the importance of wetland and floodplain vibrant and fascinating ecological communities, with ecosystems is ignored, the public loses the value of MEMBERSHIP SPOTLIGHT unique soils that support vegetation adapted to wet these critical natural resources. Young Friends Kickoff / 6 conditions. In Missouri, wetlands, such as swamps, Pioneer Forest Tour / 5 marshes, and wet meadows serve critical natural Government policy seeks to shape behavior, often functions for humans and wildlife alike. These waters by attaching carrots or sticks to specific choices. were drained and filled en masse in the 1800s and early Cigarette taxes are meant to discourage smoking. 1900s. Their conversion has continued incrementally We pay tickets as penalty for violating parking rules. over more recent decades with the expansion Similarly, environmental policy uses permits and fines to of suburban sprawl from city centers, the mass discourage polluters or offers rewards for stewardship. construction of levee and navigation systems severing Policies managing wetlands in Missouri are based rivers from their floodplains, and the intensification of primarily on federal regulation, requiring developers to PARKS AND SOILS industrial agricultural production. first apply for a permit to develop or convert wetland #MoParksChallenge / 4 acreage to another land use, depriving others of their Soil Quiz Answers / 4 Missouri Department of Natural Resources reports communal benefits. Permittees then incur some cost Celebrate State Parks / 4 suggest about half of Missouri’s original 4.8 million to compensate the public for permitted damages to acres of wetlands were located in the now heavily wetland resources by mitigating the damages elsewhere. agricultural southeast Bootheel region, and 3.6 million continued on pg 5 acres—or 87 percent of all destroyed wetlands—were What’s It Like to Appear on the “Daily Show”? ECO FILM REVIEW “How to Let Go”/ 6 MCE’s Rivers Director Brad Walker, right, was featured on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” in June. He appeared in a segment about the “Iron Triangle,” which highlighted wasteful spending by Congress on projects by the Army Corps of Engineers. Brad recounts ALERT FEATURES his experience being interviewed by Director’s Message / 2 “The Daily Show” correspondent Board and Staff Updates / 2 Roy Wood Jr.: “I have endured Spring and Summer Interns / 3 lengthy and intense depositions Legislative Update / 7 and cross examinations during my engineering career, but this was different.” Read about Brad’s experience on his River Roils blog at www.moenvironment.org/environment-blog. Are you a member? Join Today! Visit us online at www.moenvironment.org From the Director Fall 2016 Alert From the Director To protect and restore the By Heather Broulliet Navarro, Executive Director environment through education, public engagement, and legal action. Promoting state parks is one of the best parts of my job, because when I’m not visiting parks, I‘m reading up on the biodiversity in caves, prairies, and MCE BOARD: wetlands and gazing at scenic photographs of natural landscapes. I find David Lobbig, President these images breathtaking; they convey the serenity that comes with being Eric Wilkinson in nature and the complex beauty of life. Best of all, I can picture myself Jim Rose floating down an Ozark stream or hiking through the backcountry. I often Kally Coleman hike alone and find it to be a contemplative and empowering experience. Jeff DePew David Garin And I can’t ignore that my whiteness makes this possible. Nadim Kanafani, M.D. Stuart Keating The last few months, I’ve been taking every opportunity to visit state parks and historic sites. I’m trying to Tom Leb get to as many as I can as part of our #MoParksChallenge. I bring my kids with me every chance I get. I’ve Steve Mahfood Arlene Sandler been lucky to make it as far south as Big Oak Tree State Park and over to the Thomas Hart Benton Home Bernard Waxman and Studio State Historic Site in Kansas City. One of the most startling sights of my adventures has been walking through a campsite and seeing a confederate flag waving at a campsite. My family is white, so MCE STAFF: while it made me uncomfortable, I didn’t experience the fear I imagine other families might. Executive Director: Heather B. Navarro Development Coordinator: Caitlin Zera Missouri’s state park system is one of the best in the country, and it’s free and open to all. But does every Policy Director: Ed Smith Missouri resident feel welcome and safe? We must renew the Parks, Soils, and Water Sales tax this fall Clean Water Policy Coordinator: Alicia Lloyd because it funds vital improvements to our parks and soil conservation; however, it is not enough for our Rivers Director: Brad Walker parks to be free. We must also ensure that everyone can access and engage our state parks. Food & Farm Coordinator: Melissa Vatterott THE FALL 2016 ALERT: During this year, we’ll be learning more and exploring how we can act for environmental justice for all. With your support, we’re working with diverse stakeholders to enhance our local food systems. We want Missouri Coalition for the Environment’s “The Alert” newsletter is published twice to ensure, that no matter what neighborhood you live in, you have access to fresh, local, sustainably grown each calendar year. This newsletter is for food. And through advocacy for the Clean Energy Incentive Program, we’re blending efforts to reduce informational purposes only. All opinions utility bills with decreasing energy consumption and the air pollution that comes along with it. These are and estimates in “The Alert” constitute the just some of MCE’s efforts to be more holistic environmentalists. best judgment of MCE and newsletter contributors but are subject to change without notice. Reproduction of articles Thank you for being a member of MCE! It takes all of us to protect our common home. for publication is prohibited without permission of the publisher. Sincerely, For information or address changes, please contact us at: Missouri Coalition for the Environment 3115 South Grand Blvd., Suite 650 Heather B. Navarro St. Louis, MO 63118 ph 314.727.0600 fx 314.727.1665 MCE Remembers Tom Kruzen, Ozark Field Organizer e [email protected] In July, former MCE staff member Tom Kruzen Follow us on Social Media: passed on to start his next journey. He and his wife, Facebook Angel Kruzen, started Pan’s Garden, a native plant Twitter @MoEnviron nursery in Shannon County, and together, they have Instagram @moenvironment served as passionate watchdogs in the Ozarks. Tom was the Ozark Field Organizer for MCE from 1995 Sign up for our e-alerts and stay to 2001, working tirelessly to protect Ozark streams current with environmental news. and water quality. For those of us lucky enough to have known Tom, we will always remember his Visit us online at passion for the natural world. For all those who will www.moenvironment.org come after us at MCE, they will know Tom through his legacy of passionate advocacy. Tom Kruzen, 1946–2016 2 THE ALERT FALL 2016 MOENVIRONMENT.ORG MCE Interns 2016 Interns Spring Interns Divya Babbula (Washington University) Food & Farm Delfina Grinspan (Washington University) Food & Farm Suzie Schmitt (Webster University) Food & Farm Amanda Varble (St. Louis University) Public Health Haley Larson (University of Missouri, St. Louis) Legislative Summer Interns Water Program Interns Peyton Moore (University of South Carolina) Mo Mills (Occidental College) Peter Rosenquist (Washington University) Food & Farm Interns Spring 2016 Food & Farm Interns, Suzie Schmitt, left, and Delfina Grinspan, far right, with Food Erin Alsop (University of Missouri) & Farm Coordinator Melissa Vatterott (center) outside St. Louis MetroMarket. Suzie and Delfina Andy Bramman (St. Louis University) worked as spring interns to raise awareness about the effects of our industrialized food system and the work of the St. Louis Food Policy Coalition. Maggie Lobbig (Macalester) Megan Shrewsbury (Indiana University) Legal Intern - Thomas Haw (Washington University) West Lake Interns Alexandra Barrett (Washington University) Scott Burns (Washington University) Nick Kime (Burroughs High School) Alex McFadden (Washington University) West Lake Landfill interns, left to right, Alexandra Barrett, Alex McFadden, and Scott Burns. Democracy in Action Interns David Gunderson (Webster University) Yuval Pearl (Washington University) Peter Schmidt (Princeton University) Annalise Wagner (Washington University) Alison Wulfe (Washington University) Peter Rosenquist at Missouri Botanical Garden. Environmental Justice Intern - Annalise Wagner Mo Mills in front of a rain garden demonstration site at University of Missouri, St. Louis. Intern Highlights Clean Water: Developed online tools, including the Clean Water Act digital timeline and a Rainscaping Story Map. Both available at http://moenvironment.org/program-areas/water-quality Food & Farm: Developed online resources including the Soils IQ Quiz and the Soils Story Map, and expanded the Local Foodshed interactive map to include community gardens. West Lake: Used FOIA documents to compare radioactive sites around the country to West Lake; looked at ways the Corps characterized sites at other places compared to EPA’s methodology; conducted a comparative analysis of risk assessments for four different sites; helped advance goal of federal legislation by developing written testimony for the record; developed content for new blog series on West Lake. Democracy in Action: Analyzed options for local resolutions to get money out of politics.
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