In June 2019, the city of Columbia adopted its Climate Action and Adaptation Plan, a document over a year in the making. It was to serve as a roadmap as Columbia took its place among the ranks of
From ancient Greece to the Dadaists, a movement consisting of artists who rejected modern capitalist ideology and instead focused on irrationality, critique has paved the way for new eras in
Over the past few years, the range of black vulture populations has continued expanding northward, leading to conflict between these birds of prey and surprised farmers and recreationalists. Since
In Missouri, a 2015 law prevents legislators from banning single use plastics, a devastating source of pollution that has largely gone unrecycled. Half of all plastics are meant to be used only once,
Climate change presents many threats to Missouri’s vineyards, a $3.2 billion industry. Among them are rising temperatures, funguses and pests that threaten the yield and long term health of popular
The Columbia Audubon Nature Sanctuary has seen the return of dozens of species of plants, birds, and invertebrates since Audubon Society members finished seeding native grasses and flowering plants
Conservation lies at the heart of two hotly contested issues: environmental preservation and recreation. The city of Columbia has received backlash from environmentalist group It’s Our Wild Nature
Although climate change poses a threat to many species across the Midwest, researchers say black bears are resilient and relatively unbothered by its current effects. Much of this resilience comes
Less than one-half of one percent of Missouri’s native prairies remain today. The nutrient rich soil beneath its tall grasses made this land ideal for farming, so most of the state’s
The Shepard to Rollins Restoration Coalition is steadily working to reinvigorate native ecosystems along the Hinkson Creek in central Columbia in response to invasive grasses that spread following