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Notable @UpperMiss Twitter Postings for the Week
Drought-
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- Here is the latest U.S. Drought Monitor weekly map http://bit.ly/rak0SU (August 21)
- Financial Times: Drought and climate scepticism in the corn belt http://on.ft.com/PqZR4e
- Midwest rainstorms provide drought relief; experts: not enough to mitigate lasting devastation to corn and soybeans http://bit.ly/Rwlpzv
- US's most withering drought in decades got worse in several key farming states last week http://bit.ly/R6RaZn
Impacts
- Farm Belt drought not an immediate threat to create another Dust Bowl or widespread crop failure http://usat.ly/R6KpGT
- Standard & Poor's: Private crop insurers could lose $5 billion or more from drought claims http://bloom.bg/R6OB9A
- US drought will lead to price increases next year as effect of animal feed shortages trickles through supply chain http://on.ft.com/RwlS4E
- Kentucky cattle farmer feeding cattle candy to fatten them up in face of drought feed impact http://lat.ms/R6NOWi
- Mississippi River saltwater intrusion from Gulf triggers scramble to ferry in emergency supplies http://on.wsj.com/ORoIQ9
- Low water levels have led Coast Guard to periodically close 11-mile Mississippi River stretch to ships this month http://nyti.ms/PRLs26
- Ninety-seven vessels were stranded Monday on the Mississippi River near Greenville, MS due to low water http://reut.rs/SONYDd
- Frantic bid to keep drought-hit Mississippi River open for business as hundreds of barges lie stranded http://bit.ly/Nqe2SS
- In Midst of a Drought, Keeping Traffic Moving on the Mississippi http://nyti.ms/R6GB8J
- Squeezing barges through narrow and shallow Mississippi River channels becomes expensive, sometimes impossible, chore http://bit.ly/R6RQhs
- Drought disrupts everyday tasks in rural US Midwest http://nyti.ms/NqcEzu
Federal Policy
- Army Corps of Engineers has more than a dozen dredging vessels working Mississippi River to mitigate drought impacts http://nyti.ms/Rwm8kf
- Green groups worry Congress will cut USDA Conservation Reserve Program amidst drought http://bit.ly/RwoWxy
- University of Missouri: “Impacts of Selected Provisions of the House Agriculture Committee and Senate Farm Bills” http://bit.ly/RwkIGp
- Louisville Courier-Journal: Farm bill languishes while fields bake in drought http://cjky.it/ORlJaj
- 39 organizations roll out coalition's demand that Congress pass 5-year farm bill before programs expire in September http://bit.ly/R6ToIh
- Opinion editorianl piece on the ethanol mandate and food prices on CNN bit.ly/PzEiOu
- Study released on agricultural commodity transport issues in light of deteriorating roads, highways, locks, dams, ports http://bit.ly/PRMon6
- Illinois EPA calls for factory farm to cease waste spraying, clean up spill at Hooper Branch and Beaver Creek http://bit.ly/ORmCje
- Tennessee Clean Water Network Files 60-Day Notice of Intent to Sue company over alleged clean water violations http://bit.ly/R6Lb6W (pdf)
- Federal judge: Tennessee Valley Authority was responsible for massive 2008 coal ash spill outside of Knoxville, TN http://tnne.ws/Nqclov
- USEPA outlines Emory and Clinch rivers' bottom coal ash cleanup options: Leave it, cover it or scoop it http://bit.ly/NqdD2G
- Are Water Wars in Missouri River's Future? (re: Army Corps reallocation analysis) bit.ly/RwsyQ7
- Public meetings Aug 20-29; Army Corps MO River Municipal & Industrial Reallocation (potential water supply changes) 1.usa.gov/Rwr7RH
- In Illinois: Rebirth of a Wetland: Emiquon restoration receives international recognition http://huff.to/R6HJsR
- Industries claim in court US Forest Service illegally regulates national forests; gives scientists "improper influence" http://bit.ly/R6Hoq4
- In Oklahoma: $100,000 Grant to Restore Migratory Bird Habitats http://bit.ly/R6HRIS
- Minnesota Conservation Partners Legacy Grant Program fall funding cycle closes 9/26 (re: prairies, wetlands, forests) http://bit.ly/R6IiTB
- Interior and Commerce departments propose new rule designed to simplify designation of new critical habitat http://1.usa.gov/R6Nmas
- There are 19 potential Asian Carp pathways between the Great Lakes and carp-infested Mississippi River basin http://bit.ly/Nqdo7M
- Biologists refining methods of dealing with invasive Asian carp http://bit.ly/NqfW5G
- Funding for 2012 cycle of Gulf of Mexico Foundation's Community-based Restoration Partnership now available http://bit.ly/R6JpT8
- September 26-28 Upper Mississippi River Conference early-bird registration ends September 7 http://bit.ly/NE8aGW
- America's Great Watershed Initiative Summit, Sept. 26-27; St. Louis, MO http://bit.ly/Oj1SLj
- Tennessee Clean Water Network weekly e-newsletter http://bit.ly/R6Llek
- The Horinko Group's monthly sustainabulletin e-newsletter http://bit.ly/R6QpiX
- Revamped "recreation.gov" US federal website offers "one-stop shop" for planning outdoors trips http://1.usa.gov/GW6X0
- EPA awards $16.9 Million to Louisiana to help fund safe public drinking water systems http://1.usa.gov/R6K2MK
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration report: Watershed and fish habitat restoration projects create jobs http://bit.ly/R6N3fZ (pdf)
- Competing internal polls show Rep. Bobby Schilling (R-IL-17) leading challenger Cheri Bustos (D) by between 9 and 13% http://bit.ly/PRPF5Z
- Poll: in US Senate race McCaskill (D) leads Akin (R), 48 to 38 % among 500 likely Missouri voters http://politi.co/PeO0mW
"I mean, what kind of people would elect someone like that to Congress?" - Comedian Stephen Colbert in part 67 of his 434-installment series, "Better Know a District," when he took a look at Minnesota's 5th congressional and interviewed its U.S. Congressman, Keith Ellison.
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