January Mississippi River Basin Update Now Available On-Line

The January edition of the "Mississippi River Basin Update" is now available for reading or downloading online (PDF file here).  The January edition includes these stories:

RIVER BASIN NEWS AND NOTES

• New Farm-Water Quality “Regulatory Certainty” Strategy to be Piloted in Minnesota
• 2012 Water Protection Network Annual Meeting to Have a Mississippi River Basin Focus
• Federal Draft Ocean and Coastal Implementation Plan Includes Mississippi River Basin Actions
• NRCS Issues Request for Proposals under its Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative
• Applicants Sought for Mississippi River Policy Manager Position in River Region
• EPA Advisory Committee Completes Water Quality-Agriculture Report
• Upcoming Conferences, Events and Workshops

LEGISLATION, BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS

• 2012 Farm Bill
• Water Resources Development Act
• Federal Budget and Appropriations Update