The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Missouri State Office issued this Notice of Intent on August 13, 2025, to prepare an EIS for flood damage reduction along the Black River in Butler County, Missouri, from Poplar Bluff south to the Missouri-Arkansas state line. The levee system serving this reach has breached repeatedly (2008, 2011, 2017, 2024), damaging agricultural land and infrastructure. The EIS will evaluate four alternatives: No Action, two-stage ditches, standard channel cleanout with a low-water weir at Swift Ditch, and levee setbacks. Key concerns include endangered bat habitat, the Coon Island Conservation Area flood regime, and wetland and riparian ecosystem services. The Final EIS is due within 24 months of this NOI.123