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The most prominent violator of the levee rules hurting other people by irresponsibly raising the website: www.grha.org. landowners. Now they must recognize they are River. You may read the full report on our is themost Snywww.grha.org. Island District in Illinois. So far,rules flood heights The prominent violator of the levee hurting other elsewhere. people by irresponsibly raising the website: If youheights recall, last year, the Rock Island Army it is ofprominent the few levee districts thelevee Army is theone Sny Island District in Illinois. So far,rules flood elsewhere. The most violator of the Corps of Engineers out with a longIf you recall, last year,came the Rock Island Army Corps has punished for its (They it ofIsland the few levee districts the Army is is theone Sny District inactions. Illinois. So far,have awaited thewith truth what has been removed an reimbursement Corps ofreport Engineers out aof longCorps has forupkeep its actions. (They If you recall, lastconfirming year,came the Rock Island Army it is one of punished the from few levee districts the Armyhave long suspected: numerous levee districts program.) are other awaited confirming thewith truth what has been from an reimbursement Corpsbeen ofreport Engineers came out aof longCorpsremoved has Unfortunately, punished forupkeep itsthere actions. (Theylevee have along thereport Mississippi Riverthe have built their district violators on both sides riverlevee in long been suspected: numerous levee program.) Unfortunately, thereof arethe other awaited confirming truth ofdistricts what has been removed from an upkeep reimbursement levees up higher thannumerous the Corps authorized. Illinois, Iowa, andonMissouri, and most of levee them along the Mississippi River havelevee builtdistricts their district violators both sides ofare the river in long been suspected: program.) Unfortunately, there other Residents of Lincoln and Pike counties, have not yet been cited for these violations. levees up higher than the Corps authorized. Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri, and most of them along the Mississippi River have built their district violators on both sides of the river in including Great Rivers Habitat Alliance Residents of Lincoln Pike counties, have notIowa, yet been for these violations. levees up higher than and the Corps authorized. Illinois, and cited Missouri, and most of them GRHA elected officials (GRHA) Nancy Guyton, with including Great Rivers Habitat Alliance Residents supporter of Lincoln and Pike counties, have nothas yet been been encouraging cited for these violations. to support Army Corps andelected the Missouri Neighbors of theRivers Mississippi, have long GRHA hasthe been encouraging officials (GRHA) Nancy Guyton, withlooked including supporter Great Habitat Alliance Department ofArmy Natural Resources their across the supporter river and suspected that the levee to support Corps andelected theinMissouri Neighbors of the Mississippi, have long looked (GRHA) Nancy Guyton, with GRHA hasthe been encouraging officials efforts to enforce approved levee heights. districts onriver thethe Illinois side were Department Natural Resources inMissouri their across the and suspected thatimproperly the Neighbors of Mississippi, have longlevee looked to support theofArmy Corps and the GRHA Director Davidheights. Stokes high. receiving many efforts toExecutive enforce approved levee districts onriver the and Illinois side comments were acrossAfter the suspected thatimproperly the along levee Department of Natural Resources in their will again the importance of compelling those lines the years, the improperly Rockalong GRHA Director levee David Stokes will high. After receiving many comments districts onthrough the Illinois side were effortsstress toExecutive enforce approved heights. these levee districts to lowerof their levees Island District of thethe Army Corps decided again stress the importance compelling those lines through years, the Rock high. After receiving many comments alongto GRHA Executive Director David Stokesinwill upcoming withtoMissouri Congressional investigate. What they found was Rock stunning. The these districts loweroftheir levees in Island District of the Army decided to those lines through the years,Corps the again levee stresstalks the importance compelling representatives April in Washington, D.C. Rock District measured 202stunning. miles ofto upcoming talksin with Missouri Congressional investigate. What they foundCorps was The IslandIsland District of the Army decided these levee in 1 8 S Pdistricts R April Ito lower Nin Washington, Gtheir levees 2 0D.C. levees northWhat of St.they Louis up through Iowaofand representatives Rock Island District measured 202stunning. miles investigate. found was The upcoming talksin with Missouri Congressional When levee districts flout regulations and found that 80of miles ofmeasured levees were 2 levees north St. Louis up through Iowaofand Rock Island District 202between miles representatives in April in Washington, D.C. improperly build higher levees than When levee districts flout regulations and and 4 feet higher than allowed by law. As Scott that 80 miles of levees were between 2 P R E S E R V I N G T H E 1 0 0 -Yfound E A R C O N F L U E N C E F L O O D P L A I N S I N C E 2 0 0 0 | VOLUME 12,approved, ISSUE 1 levees north of St. Louis up through Iowa and they make impossible for other communities improperly higher levees than approved, Whitney, thethan Rock Island Corps, toldScott the and 4 feet higher by law. As When leveeitbuild districts flout regulations and found thatwith 80 miles of allowed levees were between 2 to responsibly plan for flood impacts. Just as they make itbuild impossible for other communities Alton “That’s pretty Whitney, the Rock Islandsignificant.” Corps, toldScott the improperly higher levees than approved, and 4Telegraph, feetwith higher than allowed by law. As damaging, their own altered levees raise to responsibly plan for flood impacts. Justthe as Alton Telegraph, “That’s pretty significant.” they make it impossible for other communities Whitney, with the Rock Island Corps, told the heights of the allraise —Just asthe is After these findings, thepretty Armysignificant.” Corps developed damaging, theirfloodwaters. ownforaltered levees to responsibly plan floodAfter impacts. as Alton Telegraph, “That’s often said the water has After tolevees go all somewhere. complicated modeling software to measure the heights of — the floodwaters. — asthe is After these findings, the Army Corps developed damaging, their own altered raise These levee districts andhas their unauthorized effects of recent floodthe events. workthe often said the water to go somewhere. complicated modeling software to measure After these findings, ArmyPrevious Corps developed heights of — the floodwaters. After all — as is levees are putting lives athas risk and down the had all of been done under the assumption thatthe all These levee and their unauthorized effects recent flood events. Previous work complicated modeling software to measure often said —districts the water to up go somewhere. river and someone must put a stop to it. the the levees were at their legal limits, which we levees are putting lives at risk up and down had all been done under the assumption that all effects of recent flood events. Previous work These levee districts and their unauthorized river mustatput stop to down it. the the were at their limits, whichthat we all had levees all been done underlegal the assumption leveesand aresomeone putting lives riskaup and University of Southern Illinois Prof. Jonathan nowlevees knowwere was not true.legal Remo’s findings the at their limits, whichtook we river and someone must put a stop to it. Remo has carefully reviewed the results of the Corps modeling software and used it with the United States Army Corps of Engineers the actual, unauthorized heights of the levees to investigation into improper levee heights along determine that the improper levees raised the the Mississippi River. Remo has conclusively water elsewhere by an average of 0.72 feet. determined that those unauthorized levees According to the models the Army Corps raised water heights for other regions during the provided and Remo analyzed, the areas hit 2008 flood by an average of 0.72 feet and more hardest with the highest increases in flood in some places. The Sny Island Levee District depth in the measured floods were Hannibal in Illinois and the other unauthorized systems and LaGrange south to just north of Clarksville, can no longer claim they are just protecting their and the area around the mouth of the Cuivre landowners. Now they must recognize they are River. You may read the full report on our hurting other people by irresponsibly raising the website: www.grha.org.
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Phone: 314-918-1007 Phone: 314-918-1007 E-mail: dstokes@grha.org E-mail: dstokes@grha.org E-mail: karen@grha.org E-mail: karen@grha.org
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Policy Updates Maryland Heights: The city and levee district continue trying to quietly improve the stormwater control systems in the area north and west of Hwy. 141 and the Page Avenue Extension. While improved stormwater controls are not by themselves a bad thing, once they have made those internal improvements, they are expected to again move full-steam ahead on destroying hundreds of acres of farmland in order to use tax subsidies to pay for the region’s newest mega-development. Using tax dollars to subsidize the destruction of this irreplaceable floodplain would be shameful. GRHA was one of the leading groups opposing these proposals before they were temporarily shelved, and we will continue to oppose these harmful plans in whatever way we can.
CLARKSVILLE Old Pecan Hunt Club Stone Farm
Mid-Rivers Club Banded Brothers Pintail Farms Mid-Rivers Club
Black Dog Land Co., LLC Green Wing
Fossick Farm
Upper Deck Northwinds
Goose Pasture Club
Mid-Rivers Club
Clarence Cannon National Wildlife Refuge
ANNADA
Wetland Farms
Indian Hills Club The Legends Malinmor Hunt Club
Bryant Creek Farm
TAKEMNOW Duck Club
Golden Eagle Farm Little Cannon North 40 Duck Club
Phat Mallard
Just-One-More Club North Club Chinkapin Farms, Inc. Hunt Club
High Ball
The Cronin Boys Duck Club
Annaberry
Sidener Club
Prairie Slough White Oak Ducks
Puree Farms Diamond Drake The P. Hole
Schulte Construction
Prairie Slough Conservation Area
B.K. Leach Memorial Conservation Area
Hammerin Hole
ELSBERRY B.K. Leach Memorial Conservation Area
Dyer Farms Mallard Bend Hunting Club
Keiser Farms Lost River
Wingshoot Farms Duck Club Marre Farms
Twin Lakes
Fox Farms
Burke Farms
DUCK CLUBS IN LINCOLN AND PIKE COUNTY 2017 Inaugural Printing Edited by Tim Sheahan & David Stokes
D4 Outfitters ILLINOIS RIVER
Benelli Club
Cap-Au-Gris Farms
FOLEY
Photos by Fred Greenslade Delta Waterfowl
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
Printing by Repco Solutions
Wehde-N-Shoot Cap-Au-Gris Farms
Designed by Mark Illig
WINFIELD
Pin Oak Farms II
Flyway Farm
Hawthorne Club
StringerClub
Prairie
Keeteman
Prairie Flyway Club Flyaway Club
Prairie Lake Club
Fowl Play Farms Mallard Duck Club #2
Kelly Argent Club Schramm Farm Brown Lake
Argent Wildlife Club
Flying D’s
Flyway Farm
Hawthorne Club
Keeteman
Prairie Prairie Flyway Club Flyaway Club
Wehde-N-Shoot
Pin Oak Farms
Pin Oak Farms II
Pin Oak Farms
Flying D’s
Prairie Lake Club
Fowl Play Farms
Argent Club
Schramm Farm
Autumn Wings
Mallard Duck
Twin Rivers
Brown Lake
Backwoods
Duck True-Luck Point
True-Luck
Old River Duck Club
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Presidents Club
Ol’ Blue
Blind Luck
The Bend
Horseshoe Lake Hunting & Fishing Club
Drakes Landing
Possum Ranch
Cuivre Island Conservation Area
Richfield Club
Orchard Farm Duck Club
The Little Place
EMAR Farm
Flooded Farms Duck Club
Ackerman
Pleasant Union Inc.
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Cuivre Club
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In St. Charles, Lincoln and Pike Counties
Prairie Marsh Farms
Creek Farm Club
Duck’s Rest
Duckaway Farms
Oro Farm South
Goose Creek
West Wind
E
Judith Ann Farms II
O&H Autumn Flight
Mel Factor
Hedgefield Farm
D
Tip Top Soil Farm
Flying L Farms
Photography By Fred Greenslade / Delta Waterfowl
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3 Rivers Duck Club, Inc.
The Limit Club
Missouri Valley Duck Club, Inc.
The Wet Spot Mississippi Mallards
Dillard Duck Club
Waldmeister Farm
Purdy Farm Duck Club
Blue Wing Farm
Silver Farm
Back Water Farms Purdy Farm Duck Club
Mallard Point Farms 1000 Oaks
Anderson Club
Poor Boy Duck Club Schlenke Heirs
D U C K C L U B S I N S T. C H A R L E S C O U N T Y A ND S O UTHE R N L I N C OL N C O UN T Y
Affy’s
Baldwin Land Co.
Dillard Atey Duck Farms Club
Mallard’s Nest
Golden Eagle Hunt Club
Over & Under
Flying B
Bethman’s Farm Duck Club
Paddlefoot St. Peters Duck Club Francis’s
Great Rivers Habitat Alliance PO Box 50014 St. Louis, MO 63105 314-918-1007
Cottonwood Club
Westhoff Farms
Dardenne Club
Webfoot Belleau Farm
Set Wings Barwise Hunt Club
CBQ
Duckaway Farms
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Marais Temps Clair Duck Club
Possum Ranch
St. Louis Piscatorial Club
Judith Ann Farms I
Peruque Bend Farms
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Bruerewood Bottoms Hunt Club
Windfall Farms
Mallard Farm
Widgeon Club
Bluffview Farm
Wren’s Ranch
Orion
Six Gun Club
Flyway
Mallard’s Landing
High Line Farms
Marshland Duck Club Game Preserve Ten-Hi Farms
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Pin Oak
Possum Ranch
Pleasant Union
The Roost At Maryland Hunting And Fishing, Inc.
Oro Farm North
Raccoon Ranch Club
Marais Beckett
Garbo Farms
Golden Eagle Wildlife Preserve
Argent Wildlife Club
Pecan Point
Donald’s Duck Club Beaver Lake
Deer Plain
Autumn Wings
Kelly
Cuivre Club Island #2 Conservation Mallard Duck Area Club #1
Mallard Duck Club #1
Brussels Duck Club
Stringer Club
M Co arie ns s T erv em atio ps n A Cla rea ir
Nooker Duck Club
Seven Oaks Farm Rothermich Club
Once Around
Sunrise Duck Club
Whistling Wings Prairie Marsh North Winds
Deep Lake Club
This map is dedicated to A. William Hager (1924 - 2012), a great conservationist and sportsman, who faithfully managed the printing of this map from 1977 through 2007. 2017 Sixth Printing Edited by Tim Sheahan Designed by Mark Illig Photos by Fred Greenslade Delta Waterfowl Printing by Repco Solutions
2007 Fifth Printing
1977 Second Printing
1997 Fourth Printing
1956 First Printing Louis A. Hoerr II
1987 Third Printing
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Duck Club Maps for sale If you are interested in purchasing one of the beautiful and collectible 2017 duck club maps, they are now available for sale. Both the 6th printing of the St. Charles County map and the inaugural Lincoln and Pike counties map are available. Each map is $400, which
is all tax-deductible. (If you purchase both maps, the second map will be discounted by $100.) These map sales will support the work of Great Rivers Habitat Alliance, Ducks Unlimited, and Delta Waterfowl. Each map is individually signed and numbered by the editor, making every one of them unique. Maps are sold unframed; however, we are happy
to recommend a nearby frame shop to you. Please contact our office at 314-918-1007 to arrange a time to come by and purchase a duck club map for your hunt club, office, man cave, or trophy room! You may also buy a map over the phone or via our website, and we will be happy to mail it to you immediately.
Valley Park: GRHA Executive Director David Stokes and GRHA have been invited to participate on an Army Corps of Engineers environmental advisory group for improvements to the Meramec River. The first public meeting of the Lower Meramec Basin MultiJurisdictional Floodplain Management Team was held March 29 in Sunset Hills, Mo. The working group stated that no new levees are being considered for the area and that nonstructural risk management measures will be the focus. GRHA is especially interested in pushing for nature-based and regulatory solutions for the region. National Flood Insurance Program: NFIP is still up for renewal this year. The deadline for the program was recently extended again to July 31, 2018, but much work remains. NFIP needs significant reforms, and the devastating hurricane season our country experienced last year has put it under more financial pressure than ever. David Stokes will make this one of the priority topics he discusses with Congressional representatives during his April 2018 trip to Washington, D.C. Missouri 2018 Legislative Session: GRHA’s priority is supporting HB 2182, introduced by Rep. Elaine Gannon of DeSoto in Jefferson County. This bill requires local governments that have floodplains to participate in the NFIP program and, more importantly, empowers the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency to develop statewide regulations for floodplain development. We testified in favor of the legislation and hope to have the chance to do so again.
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Save The Date for Our “Stewards of the Confluence” 2018 Partnership Event! Please save the date and join us on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018, in St. Louis for the fifth annual partnership event to support Great Rivers Habitat Alliance and Ducks Unlimited. This year’s event will be held at the Purser Center at Logan University in Chesterfield, Mo. The evening will be dedicated to the memory of Mr. Paul von Gontard. All of the money raised at the event will go to support the conservation work of Ducks Unlimited and Great Rivers Habitat Alliance and our dedication to preserving the Confluence floodplain.
John Barry, Author of Rising Tide, to Speak at GRHA Event
President’s Column By Chris Hyams
We are thrilled to announce that John M. Barry, the best-selling author of Rising Tide, will be the keynote speaker at the next River Soundings conference on Wed., June 27, 2018, at the Jones Education Center in Forest Park. The all-day forum will feature canoe tours of the park streams, interesting lectures and debates, and much more. Great Rivers Habitat Alliance is cosponsoring the event with Missouri Coalition for the Environment, the Sierra Club, Greenway Network, and several other groups. Please look for more information on our website and Facebook pages as we get closer to the event.
This is my first column for the newsletter as the new President of Great Rivers Habitat Alliance. I am excited to take this position and to continue growing GRHA as an organization.
Washington Post Runs Major Story about Mississippi River Flooding Debate In March, the Washington Post ran a major story on the battles of levees and floodplain development up and down the Mississippi River. The front-page article, written by former St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Todd Frankel, went into great detail and interviewed numerous allies of Great Rivers Habitat Alliance regarding the problems of trying to turn our great rivers into barge canals, which is exactly what they would be if the agricultural, barge, and levee industries have their way. As readers of this newsletter know, the neverending pressure to develop the floodplain leads to choices that inevitably result in worse flooding and more environmental damage. Articles like this one in the Post help us spread our message as widely as possible. We highly recommend the article, which can be found online at our website: www.grha.org
If you know me, you know that my favorite thing to do is to be outdoors with my two sons. Whether hunting, fishing, or just being outside in our beautiful country, I want to preserve this land for them just like prior generations shared it with us. Unfortunately, if we do not take a stand against over-development of our irreplaceable habitat, much of this land will not be there to share with future generations. I know that is the catalyst that brought about the founding of Great Rivers in 2000. Many of us have a desire to conserve our Confluence area, with its beautiful floodplain, wetlands, wildlife, and habitat, and not see it permanently ruined for short-term financial gain. I trust that, if you are reading this, you share many of the values of GRHA. Please think about our long-term goals and consider how you may be able to help. You can, of course, contribute financially, but there are other ways, too. You can have our executive director, David Stokes, out to speak to your hunt club or a civic group. You can share our messages on social media with others you know care about the Confluence. Whatever you may be able to do, please know that all of us here at Great Rivers Habitat Alliance will appreciate it. I am honored to have been trusted with this position by my fellow board members, and I look forward to the challenges we all face together.
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Policy Updates Maryland Heights: The city and levee district continue trying to quietly improve the stormwater control systems in the area north and west of Hwy. 141 and the Page Avenue Extension. While improved stormwater controls are not by themselves a bad thing, once they have made those internal improvements, they are expected to again move full-steam ahead on destroying hundreds of acres of farmland in order to use tax subsidies to pay for the region’s newest mega-development. Using tax dollars to subsidize the destruction of this irreplaceable floodplain would be shameful. GRHA was one of the leading groups opposing these proposals before they were temporarily shelved, and we will continue to oppose these harmful plans in whatever way we can.
CLARKSVILLE Old Pecan Hunt Club Stone Farm
Mid-Rivers Club Banded Brothers Pintail Farms Mid-Rivers Club
Black Dog Land Co., LLC Green Wing
Fossick Farm
Upper Deck Northwinds
Goose Pasture Club
Mid-Rivers Club
Clarence Cannon National Wildlife Refuge
ANNADA
Wetland Farms
Indian Hills Club The Legends Malinmor Hunt Club
Bryant Creek Farm
TAKEMNOW Duck Club
Golden Eagle Farm Little Cannon North 40 Duck Club
Phat Mallard
Just-One-More Club North Club Chinkapin Farms, Inc. Hunt Club
High Ball
The Cronin Boys Duck Club
Annaberry
Sidener Club
Prairie Slough White Oak Ducks
Puree Farms Diamond Drake The P. Hole
Schulte Construction
Prairie Slough Conservation Area
B.K. Leach Memorial Conservation Area
Hammerin Hole
ELSBERRY B.K. Leach Memorial Conservation Area
Dyer Farms Mallard Bend Hunting Club
Keiser Farms Lost River
Wingshoot Farms Duck Club Marre Farms
Twin Lakes
Fox Farms
Burke Farms
DUCK CLUBS IN LINCOLN AND PIKE COUNTY 2017 Inaugural Printing Edited by Tim Sheahan & David Stokes
D4 Outfitters ILLINOIS RIVER
Benelli Club
Cap-Au-Gris Farms
FOLEY
Photos by Fred Greenslade Delta Waterfowl
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
Printing by Repco Solutions
Wehde-N-Shoot Cap-Au-Gris Farms
Designed by Mark Illig
WINFIELD
Pin Oak Farms II
Flyway Farm
Hawthorne Club
StringerClub
Prairie
Keeteman
Prairie Flyway Club Flyaway Club
Prairie Lake Club
Fowl Play Farms Mallard Duck Club #2
Kelly Argent Club Schramm Farm Brown Lake
Argent Wildlife Club
Flying D’s
Flyway Farm
Hawthorne Club
Keeteman
Prairie Prairie Flyway Club Flyaway Club
Wehde-N-Shoot
Pin Oak Farms
Pin Oak Farms II
Pin Oak Farms
Flying D’s
Prairie Lake Club
Fowl Play Farms
Argent Club
Schramm Farm
Autumn Wings
Mallard Duck
Twin Rivers
Brown Lake
Backwoods
Duck True-Luck Point
True-Luck
Old River Duck Club
© GREAT RIVERS HABITAT ALLIANCE 2017. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Presidents Club
Ol’ Blue
Blind Luck
The Bend
Horseshoe Lake Hunting & Fishing Club
Drakes Landing
Possum Ranch
Cuivre Island Conservation Area
Richfield Club
Orchard Farm Duck Club
The Little Place
EMAR Farm
Flooded Farms Duck Club
Ackerman
Pleasant Union Inc.
X
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Cuivre Club
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In St. Charles, Lincoln and Pike Counties
Prairie Marsh Farms
Creek Farm Club
Duck’s Rest
Duckaway Farms
Oro Farm South
Goose Creek
West Wind
E
Judith Ann Farms II
O&H Autumn Flight
Mel Factor
Hedgefield Farm
D
Tip Top Soil Farm
Flying L Farms
Photography By Fred Greenslade / Delta Waterfowl
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3 Rivers Duck Club, Inc.
The Limit Club
Missouri Valley Duck Club, Inc.
The Wet Spot Mississippi Mallards
Dillard Duck Club
Waldmeister Farm
Purdy Farm Duck Club
Blue Wing Farm
Silver Farm
Back Water Farms Purdy Farm Duck Club
Mallard Point Farms 1000 Oaks
Anderson Club
Poor Boy Duck Club Schlenke Heirs
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Dardenne Club
Webfoot Belleau Farm
Set Wings Barwise Hunt Club
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Raccoon Ranch Club
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Garbo Farms
Golden Eagle Wildlife Preserve
Argent Wildlife Club
Pecan Point
Donald’s Duck Club Beaver Lake
Deer Plain
Autumn Wings
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Deep Lake Club
This map is dedicated to A. William Hager (1924 - 2012), a great conservationist and sportsman, who faithfully managed the printing of this map from 1977 through 2007. 2017 Sixth Printing Edited by Tim Sheahan Designed by Mark Illig Photos by Fred Greenslade Delta Waterfowl Printing by Repco Solutions
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Duck Club Maps for sale If you are interested in purchasing one of the beautiful and collectible 2017 duck club maps, they are now available for sale. Both the 6th printing of the St. Charles County map and the inaugural Lincoln and Pike counties map are available. Each map is $400, which
is all tax-deductible. (If you purchase both maps, the second map will be discounted by $100.) These map sales will support the work of Great Rivers Habitat Alliance, Ducks Unlimited, and Delta Waterfowl. Each map is individually signed and numbered by the editor, making every one of them unique. Maps are sold unframed; however, we are happy
to recommend a nearby frame shop to you. Please contact our office at 314-918-1007 to arrange a time to come by and purchase a duck club map for your hunt club, office, man cave, or trophy room! You may also buy a map over the phone or via our website, and we will be happy to mail it to you immediately.
Valley Park: GRHA Executive Director David Stokes and GRHA have been invited to participate on an Army Corps of Engineers environmental advisory group for improvements to the Meramec River. The first public meeting of the Lower Meramec Basin MultiJurisdictional Floodplain Management Team was held March 29 in Sunset Hills, Mo. The working group stated that no new levees are being considered for the area and that nonstructural risk management measures will be the focus. GRHA is especially interested in pushing for nature-based and regulatory solutions for the region. National Flood Insurance Program: NFIP is still up for renewal this year. The deadline for the program was recently extended again to July 31, 2018, but much work remains. NFIP needs significant reforms, and the devastating hurricane season our country experienced last year has put it under more financial pressure than ever. David Stokes will make this one of the priority topics he discusses with Congressional representatives during his April 2018 trip to Washington, D.C. Missouri 2018 Legislative Session: GRHA’s priority is supporting HB 2182, introduced by Rep. Elaine Gannon of DeSoto in Jefferson County. This bill requires local governments that have floodplains to participate in the NFIP program and, more importantly, empowers the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency to develop statewide regulations for floodplain development. We testified in favor of the legislation and hope to have the chance to do so again.
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Save The Date for Our “Stewards of the Confluence” 2018 Partnership Event! Please save the date and join us on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018, in St. Louis for the fifth annual partnership event to support Great Rivers Habitat Alliance and Ducks Unlimited. This year’s event will be held at the Purser Center at Logan University in Chesterfield, Mo. The evening will be dedicated to the memory of Mr. Paul von Gontard. All of the money raised at the event will go to support the conservation work of Ducks Unlimited and Great Rivers Habitat Alliance and our dedication to preserving the Confluence floodplain.
John Barry, Author of Rising Tide, to Speak at GRHA Event
President’s Column By Chris Hyams
We are thrilled to announce that John M. Barry, the best-selling author of Rising Tide, will be the keynote speaker at the next River Soundings conference on Wed., June 27, 2018, at the Jones Education Center in Forest Park. The all-day forum will feature canoe tours of the park streams, interesting lectures and debates, and much more. Great Rivers Habitat Alliance is cosponsoring the event with Missouri Coalition for the Environment, the Sierra Club, Greenway Network, and several other groups. Please look for more information on our website and Facebook pages as we get closer to the event.
This is my first column for the newsletter as the new President of Great Rivers Habitat Alliance. I am excited to take this position and to continue growing GRHA as an organization.
Washington Post Runs Major Story about Mississippi River Flooding Debate In March, the Washington Post ran a major story on the battles of levees and floodplain development up and down the Mississippi River. The front-page article, written by former St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Todd Frankel, went into great detail and interviewed numerous allies of Great Rivers Habitat Alliance regarding the problems of trying to turn our great rivers into barge canals, which is exactly what they would be if the agricultural, barge, and levee industries have their way. As readers of this newsletter know, the neverending pressure to develop the floodplain leads to choices that inevitably result in worse flooding and more environmental damage. Articles like this one in the Post help us spread our message as widely as possible. We highly recommend the article, which can be found online at our website: www.grha.org
If you know me, you know that my favorite thing to do is to be outdoors with my two sons. Whether hunting, fishing, or just being outside in our beautiful country, I want to preserve this land for them just like prior generations shared it with us. Unfortunately, if we do not take a stand against over-development of our irreplaceable habitat, much of this land will not be there to share with future generations. I know that is the catalyst that brought about the founding of Great Rivers in 2000. Many of us have a desire to conserve our Confluence area, with its beautiful floodplain, wetlands, wildlife, and habitat, and not see it permanently ruined for short-term financial gain. I trust that, if you are reading this, you share many of the values of GRHA. Please think about our long-term goals and consider how you may be able to help. You can, of course, contribute financially, but there are other ways, too. You can have our executive director, David Stokes, out to speak to your hunt club or a civic group. You can share our messages on social media with others you know care about the Confluence. Whatever you may be able to do, please know that all of us here at Great Rivers Habitat Alliance will appreciate it. I am honored to have been trusted with this position by my fellow board members, and I look forward to the challenges we all face together.
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