ST. LOUIS, MO - A critical crossroads was reached as the St. Louis County Council rezoned the proposed site, essentially destroying an important natural resource in urban St. Louis. Located in the Spanish Lake community, the 376 acre Riverview Casino project is a huge riverfront development that could include a casino, convention center, hotel, 18-hole golf course, theater, wind turbines and more than 8,000 parking spaces, eradicating even more vital floodplain.
Wildcat Glades Center Receives National Magazine Coverage
JOPLIN, MO - The May-June 2009 Audubon magazine features an article entitled “Made in the Glades” highlighting Missouri’s first Audubon Center, Wildcat Glades Conservation & Audubon Center in Joplin, Missouri. The story was also included on National Audubon Society’s homepage as the first feature article listed for Audubon magazine.
You can still read the article online by clicking this link. It is a fantastic piece complete with stunning photos that will inspire visitors to come and experience for themselves the wonders of the glade.
COLE CAMP, MO - 100s of prairie advocates and leaders descended on Cole Camp, Missouri in October to participate in annual prairie-related events and activities.
ST. LOUIS, MO - Twelve pairs of federally endangered Interior Least Terns have nested on an artificial island within the Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary, where the emerging Audubon Center at Riverlands will be sited.
