MoDOT Historic Preservation Section Seeks Help from the Public

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is developing a programmatic agreement for common concrete and steel bridges constructed before 1945 in order to streamline the Section 106 review process for bridges. Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 requires agencies to take into account the effects of their undertakings on historic properties. To…

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Carelessness can lead to disaster

They were careless people… they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated into… their vast carelessness… and let other people clean up the mess they made.”   Thus Nick Carraway describes Tom and Daisy Buchanan in Fitzgerald’s 1925 classic, “The Great Gatsby.” We have all met the Buchanans or at least their like.  …

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What is a champion tree?

A champion tree is any tree which is the largest tree of its species within a certain region. The American Forest organization, which is the oldest national non-profit conservation organization in the U.S. manages the National Big Tree Program. It is here that they have the American Forests Champion Trees national registry. This list has…

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