Dru Buntin signs agreement between Mo. Dept. of Natural Resources and the Kansas City District, USAC
1 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Dru Buntin, Director of the Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources signs an agreement with the Kansas City District, USACE, to begin aquatic restoration in the Osage River near Brockman Springs Road, Missouri, on May 6, 2022. (Photo Credit: Contributed) VIEW ORIGINAL
Col. Travis Rayfield, commander, Kansas City District signs agreement
2 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Col. Travis Rayfield, commander, Kansas City District signs agreement with the Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources to begin aquatic restoration in the Osage River near Brockman Springs Road, Missouri, May 6, 2022. (Photo Credit: Jennie Wilson) VIEW ORIGINAL

On May 13, 2022, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources signed an agreement to begin aquatic ecosystem restoration on the Osage River near Brockman Springs Road.

This agreement is under Section 1135 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986. The feasibility, design and implementation phases will be completed over the next five years.

The objective of the project is to restore degraded aquatic and riparian habitats, improve fish and wildlife biodiversity, and reduce impacts to adjacent lands and infrastructure by addressing bank erosion, sedimentation and aggradation which are prevalent in the Lower Osage River.

The four federally listed threatened and endangered species in the Lower Osage River, pink mucket, scaleshell, spectalcase and pallid sturgeon, will benefit from this project.