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Sand & Gravel Mining
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Sand and Gravel Mining
1. Gravel Mining in Missouri, Missouri Smallmouth Alliance website. Concise explanation of sand and gravel mining practices and their effects on streams.

2. "Instream Gravel Mining and Related Issues in Southern Missouri" By Suzanne R. Femmer, USGS, February 2002.  Fact sheet on gravel mining in southern Missouri, providing information on environmental impacts and economic effects.

3. Sand and Gravel Permitting, MO DNR website.  Overview of instream sand and gravel mining in Missouri and information on permitting and regulations.

4. "Hungry Water: Effects of Dams and Gravel Mining on River Channels", By G. Mathias Kondolf. Environmental Management Vol. 21 No. 4, pp 533-551, 1997.  Study discusses the erosion of river beds due to gravel mining.