The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), in collaboration with other Federal, State and local agencies as well as non-governmental entities, is conducting the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study (GLMRIS) pursuant to provisions of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007. GLMRIS will explore options and technologies, collectively known as aquatic nuisance species (ANS) controls, that could be applied to prevent and reduce the risk of ANS transfer between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basins through aquatic pathways. The GLMRIS team is hosting a teleconference today at 11 AM EST (10 AM Central) to answer questions the public may have regarding recently released documents or upcoming public scoping meetings. On November 9 USACE released the GLMRIS study plan to the public. The study plan outlines the scope of work and study process.
On December 15 USACE will hold the first of several public scoping meetings at the Gleacher Center in Chicago to receive comments from the public regarding the proposed study. Locations of additional scoping meetings are still being confirmed for meetings in the January-February timeframe. Specific details on dates and locations on those meetings will be release by USACE when finalized.
Call-in information for today's call:
USA Toll-Free: (888) 830-6260
PARTICIPANT CODE: 263368
The study documents and other information about GLMRIS and the scoping meetings are available on the GLMRIS website.
Dams and Consequences
Last week I had the pleasure to participate in the "Experiments on Rivers: The Consequences of Dams-An Interdisciplinary Conference;" hosted by the University of Minnesota's Institute for Advanced Study and held at the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory in Minneapolis, Minnesota (some photos here). The conference goal with respect to dams was to raise questions and explore complexities, provoke reflection, consider new perspectives and suggest future lines of inquiry in diverse disciplines and practices. And at that promoting that goal, the Conference excelled. Links to the various talks by conference participants can be found here.
At the end of the conference Terry Cook from The Nature Conservancy (who addressed TNC's Sustainable Rivers Project) and I were paired in a final session ("Where Might We Go from Here?") meant to ground conference attendees in pragmatic, policy and programmatic frames of reference. Terry's excellent talk, and my talk, entitled "The Once and Future King" (at about the 34-minute mark) can both be viewed at the Session 4 link.
Notable @UpperMiss Twitter Postings for the Week:
In the States -
- IA panel gives initial approval to proposed CAFO rules designed to bring IA into Clean Water Act compliance http://bit.ly/b0blzB
- Critics worry that IA clean water regs will favor concentrated feedlots & leave state's streams/rivers polluted http://bit.ly/9D5xDS
- Lake Rebecca (Rockford, MN) gets a dose of alum for algae blooms in an attempt to sequester phosphorus http://bit.ly/dgNimw
- Cities worried about MN DNR Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area rules http://bit.ly/9xwiyl
- Video of Thursday's Senate EPW Committee hearing on Water Resources Development Act http://bit.ly/dAgnq8
- Federal floodplain management plan that would fortify some NE MO Mississippi River levees criticized http://bit.ly/c6uWxt
- Missouri governor blasts "Plan H" flood-control proposal http://bit.ly/d2FJKP
- 3 Illinois counties sue FEMA over flood mapping http://bit.ly/ayWnEj
- St. Louis Metro East officials sue FEMA over flood map process http://bit.ly/cUltXq
- MN DNR slowly removing Minnesota dams http://bit.ly/aH6xSk
- Association of State Floodplain Managers releases its Fall Newsletter http://bit.ly/d8Jugl
- Peterson (D-MN) says it is unrealistic to believe Farm Bill will be passed in an election year, the case in 2012 http://bit.ly/93X2mh
- Leaders of White House debt commission call for cutting farm subsidies by $3B a year http://nyti.ms/brgQi6
- National Academy of Sciences study documents link between agriculture & climate change http://bit.ly/cnUahS & http://bit.ly/b7eCO9
- Environment America report blames agribusiness for US waterway problems http://bit.ly/c9BrQJ
- Prairie Rivers Network's "Stormwater Management: Guide to Managing Stormwater with Green Infrastructure" (pdf) http://bit.ly/9kVpnF
- 76th North American Wildlife & Natural Resources Conference March 14-19, 2011; Kansas City MO http://bit.ly/cPzzrR
- StormCon, Surface Water Quality Conference, August 21 – 25, seeking abstracts; submission deadline December 14 www.StormCon.com
- EPA webinar: "Climate Change Adaptation Tools for Addressing Water Issues" Dec. 2, 2010; 1-3pm EST http://bit.ly/dCcmO0
- Rare sunfish reacts positively to TNC wetland restoration efforts in IL River floodplains http://bit.ly/azeabs
- Endocrine disruptors affecting male fish in Minnesota lakes http://bit.ly/aREzl2
- French Television focuses on Asian carp solution proposed to be located along Mississippi R in Grafton IL http://bit.ly/bRmJx5
- Kaskaskia River sites to benefit from Ducks Unlimited assistance under new scope of work http://bit.ly/9VcJZ9
- Tundra swans now congregating on Mississippi River backwaters and pools http://bit.ly/cAfX2o
- Corps on their study re: stopping invasive species migration btwn Great Lakes & Mississippi watersheds: could take years http://bit.ly/ainyJm
- Senate & House bills would list bighead carp among invasive & other "illegal" plants & wildlife under the Lacey Act http://bit.ly/cXCMxa
- USGS study "Mercury in Indiana Watersheds" - Coal-fired power plants contaminate fish, water http://bit.ly/bWh6h9
- Decisions on House committee leadership positions in next Congress won't come until December http://bit.ly/9pyq4V
- Rep. Melissa Bean’s (D-IL) US House reelection bid ends as she concedes IL seat to Republican Joe Walsh http://bit.ly/9I39IV
- Bills up for vote next year for farms, highways & water projects will put fiscal conservatives to early test http://politi.co/apOBNk
- Who will Democrats find to put on House Agriculture Committee? http://bit.ly/bZfENA
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