Mississippi River Water Resource News for (a slow, hot, Congressional-recessed) Week

"What is Truth?"

Not sure (with respect to the Mississippi River, nutrients and Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone)?  Don't worry, you're not alone; a lot of people seem to be confused (or, is it "confusing?").  Read "Truth, Perception and the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone" - an opinion piece about opinion pieces.

Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference

The Call for Papers is open now for the 2010 Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, to be held from December 12-15, 2010. According to the organizers, this year's Conference marks the 71st year that natural resource professionals in the Midwest will meet to share new research, management experiences, and valuable insight on fish and wildlife issues. The Conference is touted as "the premier fish and wildlife conference in the central U.S." with more than 1,000 attendees expected.

Notable @UpperMiss tweets for the week:

• Senator Levin to IN DNR: take Asian carp in Wabash River seriously http://bit.ly/cno67f
• WI DNR returns sturgeon to Baraboo River, addressing 180 years of river fragmentation http://bit.ly/9Hv87w
• Army Corps of Engineers “dewatering” 3 East Tennessee locks this year for maintenance work http://bit.ly/aFUHkL
• Rep Kind & Sen Klobuchar detail new bill to monitor Upper Mississippi River sediment & reduce erosion http://bit.ly/dCcabu
• Senate bill would create EPA green storm water infrastructure program http://bit.ly/ba67ko
• Gulf of Mexico's Dead Zone among world's largest & corn is a culprit http://bit.ly/9TUQkK
• Missouri Corn Stalk Testing Benefits the 'Dead Zone' in Gulf http://bit.ly/aDFYZh
• Iowa DNR cautions boaters about Zebra Mussels and Eurasian Watermilfoil http://bit.ly/b1pIgA
• New MN law requires boat owners to pull their drain plugs http://bit.ly/961iDb
• new climate change adaptation focused blog launched http://bit.ly/dla18v
• Truth, Perception and the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone http://bit.ly/ciuRVK
• Upper Mississippi River Basin Assoc & Enviro Mgmt Program-CC agendas set for August 3-4, La Crosse, WI meetings http://bit.ly/d1ksBR
• Updates to list of MN's most vulnerable species are as rare as the species themselves http://bit.ly/c4mjEu
• Ebooks Free Download (Ages 8 to 12): The Mississippi River (Natural Wonders of the USA) http://bit.ly/aZ5VSZ
• Mississippi River in MN drawn down to support plant growth & attract wildlife http://bit.ly/d7pNU0
• US Fish & Wildlife Service conducting some of first studies of their kind on Mississippi River mussels http://bit.ly/aZ0RnJ
• July 15: Federal Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force Public Meeting, Chicago http://bit.ly/bnd6Ta
• Unusual low O2 zone in Gulf of Mexico linked to Deepwater Horizon oil spill http://bit.ly/cCHDAT