by Marsha Walton
Rachel Owen earned her Ph.D. in soil science, studying
the impact of a changing climate on wetland ecosystems and landowner perceptions of climate threats. But some of her other skills, as a diplomat and a “science translator,” are just as crucial in helping Missouri lawmakers navigate complicated scientific issues.
Owen is the executive director of MOST, The Missouri Science and Technology Policy Initiative. In 2016, she started the group with two other graduate students to explore what science advising at the state level might look like.
The aim was to make non-partisan experts available to state legislators; to answer questions about the complex science topics crossing their desks.
Students from the Hannibal High School Environment Club pick up trash near the riverfront on Monday, April 19, one week after the annual Spring Cleanup. Although a week had passed, the students removed 875 pieces of trash, underscoring the importance of reducing pollution. The students worked together to tabulate the trash they found for the national Mississippi River Plastic Pollution Initiative.
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Rolla Parks and Recreation Department invites residents to a hands-on experience at Rolla Cemetery, where individuals will learn how to restore the cemetery s oldest tombstones.
Join staff at the Rolla City Cemetery Saturday, April 17, at 9 a.m. as the Franklin County Cemetery Society returns to demonstrate how to repair ancient tombstones.
In 2019, society members demonstrated how to properly clean marble, granite and other typical types of headstones. In 2020, society members demonstrated how to reset those stones that had fallen.
This third workshop will focus on restoring the oldest stones in the cemetery, which date from the early 1800s. Society members will demonstrate some of the approved techniques for repairing those stones that have broken.
HANNIBALÂ â Members of the Mississippi Hills Master Naturalists and the Missouri Science class at Hannibal High School will be providing help at the Bat Box Building program starting at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 13, at the Admiral Coontz Recreation Center.
Bat species worldwide are experiencing habitat loss and building an artificial roost can give bats a safe and comfortable place to live.