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Noteworthy @UpperMiss Twitter Postings for the Week
Water Quality -
- Environmental groups expand scope of lawsuit against USEPA re: its approval of new Kentucky water quality standards http://ow.ly/AjFEv
- USEPA pursuing criminal investigation into a chemical spill at a Missouri poultry-processing plant in May http://ow.ly/AjKiD
- “Common Sense Nebraska” coalition protests Obama Administration's proposed rule clarifying Clean Water Act jurisdiction http://ow.ly/A6Gg0
- People line up in Oklahoma on both sides of "Waters of the U.S." proposed rule debate http://ow.ly/AbVU9
- Texas to USEPA: if you promulgate Waters of the United States rule we will have "no choice but to challenge the rule in federal court" article: http://ow.ly/Ah8uW (letter: http://ow.ly/Ah8w9)
- Scientific American: harmful algal blooms are becoming more common, affect all 50 states, and are fed by agriculture http://ow.ly/AbGD7
- Blue-green algae that hit Toledo often found in Wisconsin lakes http://ow.ly/AbSoy; prompted WI DNR warning earlier this summer http://ow.ly/AbSx6
- University of Kentucky media release: "Algal Blooms Pose Danger to Livestock" http://ow.ly/AcZVH
- USGS finds insecticide in Iowa waters; linked to bee declines in other studies http://ow.ly/AeFKh (related USGS July news release here: http://ow.ly/zABOJ)
- 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denies coal mining company request to reconsider Clean Water Act permit shield ruling http://ow.ly/Ah4L9
- 580 gallons of oil spill into Mississippi River Tuesday after two ships and barge collide at port near New Orleans http://ow.ly/AjJPK
- Arkansas Department of Health warns of mercury in Lake Ouachita fish http://ow.ly/AjV2L
- Barge shipping traffic resumes as Upper Mississippi River emergency dredging by Army Corps ends http://ow.ly/AcMLW; dredging details: http://ow.ly/AeuJR
- Under terms of a Plaquemines Parish-Army Corps agreement, lower Mississippi River dredge materials can be used for marsh creation http://ow.ly/AcN72
- Groundbreaking held for $260 million hydroelectric plant at Des Moines River dam near Knoxville, Iowa ow.ly/AjIQu (project web site: http://ow.ly/Aesdh)
- Carnegie Energy and Climate Program report: Underestimating Oil and Water Challenges in the Northern Great Plains http://ow.ly/AhaVV
- Johnson County, Iowa officials call for new Coralville Lake Army Corps' management study in wake of another summer of Iowa River flooding http://ow.ly/AjLkG
- Army Corps of Engineers agrees to extend comment period for planned Ohio River fracking waste off-loading barge facility http://ow.ly/AjLHb
- North Dakota becomes sixth state whose residents have joined in a lawsuit against Army Corps of Engineers over Missouri River flood damage http://ow.ly/Ami5I
- Minnesota potato fields offer look at how the nation's largest grower is rethinking the way it uses pesticides http://ow.ly/AeDT7
- NY Times: The dirty secret of the food movement is that the much-celebrated small-scale farmer isn't making a living http://ow.ly/Af76o
- Corn-fed ethanol plant in south-central Nebraska, idle since 2012, reopens thanks to improved market http://ow.ly/A6FtT
- Rep. Rick Crawford (R-AR) thinks we've failed at bridging the gap between production agriculture and consumption http://ow.ly/AenbU
- It's Iowa State Fair week, which means butter sculptures galore! http://ow.ly/Ah6vG http://ow.ly/Ah6z9 http://ow.ly/Ah6Cy (oh . . . and politicians http://ow.ly/Am43Z)
- Farmers await government decisions on new herbicide version and on genetically modified crops designed to resist it http://ow.ly/AhLGd
- Farmland values in Iowa and other parts of the Corn Belt have likely plateaued http://ow.ly/Am3aw
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| Regional Drought Update: Midwest (click to enlarge) |
- US drought update: new areas of dryness and moderate drought in western Kentucky and northwestern Tennessee; new areas of dryness in central Indiana; Plains drought improved significantly ow.ly/AjMnD
- Dry summer conditions in many parts of Kentucky diminish crop production for some farmers after bumper 2013 yields http://ow.ly/AjLVc
- NPR: Extreme weather patterns in Iowa are making it more difficult to produce corn - farmers learning to adapt http://ow.ly/AjNUJ
- Climate change means that North Dakota conditions are now better for raising corn than wheat; a big benefit for farmers http://ow.ly/AjVrY
- NOAA National Climatic Data Center graph depicting precipitation required to end current drought in one month http://ow.ly/AjI8u
- What is the hottest temperature you've seen this summer? - Over 1,000 farmer respond (map) http://ow.ly/Ah2zI
- Regional Guides Developed for Teaching the 2014 National Climate Assessment http://ow.ly/Am1FS
- Herbicide-resistant Palmer amaranth (or "carelessweed") has devastated Southern cotton farms and is poised to wreak havoc in the Midwest http://ow.ly/Ael4d
- Tulsa's Arkansas River Infrastructure Task Force proposes endowment for Arkansas River dams' maintenance http://ow.ly/AhaFm
- Springfield, Illinois project will capture rainwater runoff and use it elsewhere http://ow.ly/AeEGg
- Ohio farm and environmental groups say new state law that will certify fertilizer use doesn’t go far or fast enough http://ow.ly/AjVTW
- Montana completes rulemaking for new nitrogen and phosphorus water quality standards http://ow.ly/Am2Ft
- Gulf coastal oyster harvest has nose-dived since 2010 BP spill http://ow.ly/AeSho
- Treasury Dept to publish rule (August 15) on how Gulf Coast states can spend civil fines from 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill (pre-publication text: http://ow.ly/AjF0E)
- Stanford University research: Energy companies fracking for oil and gas at far shallower depths than widely believed http://ow.ly/AjGP6
- West Virginia Mine Board holds first public hearing focused on mine located near Kanawha State Forest http://ow.ly/AeF8f
- Senate Appropriations Chair plans one last effort to push an omnibus spending bill once Congress returns from recess http://ow.ly/AeLLb
- Missouri 340 endurance kayakers and canoeists paddle down Missouri River across the state
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Missouri 340 event paddlers on Missouri River - USDA webinar: Conservation Compliance for Specialty Crop Producers; August 19, 2 PM EDT http://ow.ly/Am1Yl
- Basin Alliance for the Lower Mississippi in Minnesota ("BALMM") to meet August 20 in Oronoco http://ow.ly/A7hwH
- Wetland Mapping Consortium webinar: Surface Waters and Wetlands Inventory: A More Comprehensive Dataset of the Nation’s Water Resources August 20, 3 PM EDT http://ow.ly/AjDLV
- U.S. EPA informational webinar: recent amendments to the Clean Water State Revolving Fund; August 21 from 2-4 p.m. EDT http://ow.ly/AjGto
- Details on Army Corps listening sessions on Water Resources Reform and Development Act implementation http://ow.ly/Ac9x2 (three yet to be held: August 27, September 10 and 24)
- Minnesota Landscape Arboretum's 2014 Clean Water Summit; September 11; Chaska, MN http://ow.ly/Am1gt
- Mississippi Minute Film Festival solicits 60-second videos of Twin Cities' Mississippi River for October 20 event http://ow.ly/AhbqI
- 2014 Upper Midwest Invasive Species Conference will be held in Duluth, Minnesota on October 20-22 http://ow.ly/AbCDe
- Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's August 8, Basin Alliance for the Lower Mississippi in Minnesota "Currents" http://ow.ly/A7h0e
- Bi-weekly Green Lands-Blue Waters Update, highlighting Mississippi River Basin continuous living cover on agricultural land http://ow.ly/AbHUH
- Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy's August 12 TUWaterWays e-newsletter http://ow.ly/Af0ve
- Pennsylvania Environmental Council's August 2014 "Forum" e-newsletter http://ow.ly/AjYwt
- Montana Watershed Coordination Council Watershed News for August 14 http://ow.ly/Am2vK
- Government Accountability Office report finds fault with EPA’s analyses of the costs and benefits of its regulations http://ow.ly/Aemkf (related article: http://ow.ly/AemrJ)
- Job: WV DEP seeks Environmental Resources Specialist to help coordinate stream and wetland restoration/mitigation http://ow.ly/AetiJ
- U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) is using August recess to tour Wisconsin’s "freshwater coasts" http://ow.ly/Aeu7d
- Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) is using August recess to discuss importance of the Mississippi River and Obama administration's "executive overreach" http://ow.ly/AjKW0
- Bike-trail project to connect Minnesota and Wisconsin http://ow.ly/Aev9a
- Water pays: Fishing license sales set another record in North Dakota following wet year http://ow.ly/Aevzc
- Journalism, scientific advocacy groups: USEPA is blocking its science advisers from speaking freely to the public, press http://ow.ly/Ah3PZ
- Rep. Scott DesJarlais now up by 37 votes in Tennessee U.S. House GOP primary, but vote likely won't be decided until sometime next week http://ow.ly/AhKtK
- Wisconsin’s 6th District GOP U.S. House primary now "too close to call" http://ow.ly/AjCmu
- Tom Emmer decisively wins GOP primary for Minnesota’s open 6th District; likely to succeed retiring Rep. Michele Bachmann http://ow.ly/Ah7dy
- Complete Wisconsin http://ow.ly/AhIXR and Minnesota http://ow.ly/AhJ3r primary election results from Tuesday
- Large U.S. cities tend toward the liberal side of political spectrum, even when they’re within conservative states http://ow.ly/AcNEZ
- New, free website includes voting history, campaign finance data, other contact information for members of Congress, staff http://ow.ly/AhlvU
- Americans' dismal evaluations of Congress continue, with 13% approving and 83% disapproving in an August Gallup poll http://ow.ly/AhHd4
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A herd of bison grazes in Lamar Valley in Yellowstone national park, Wyoming. Photograph: Jim Urquhart/Reuters
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