VICKSBURG, Mississippi, April 5 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Vicksburg District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District was recognized as a "Best of 2020" donor by Mississippi Blood Services on Thursday. District personnel contributed 78 pints of blood over the past fiscal year despite limited access to the Headquarters building and ongoing telework posture. Blood drives were held in the parking lot on a quarterly basis, and partici  more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, April 10 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: Making its way through the murky waters and swift current of the Mississippi River at the Vicksburg riverfront, the Research Vessel Martin looks like any other U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) survey boat. However, there is one major difference. The inland survey vessel has been converted into a semi-autonomous craft, making it the first of its kind for the organizatio  more

NEW YORK, April 10 (TNSPol) -- The Drug Policy Alliance issued the following news release on April 9, 2021: The Drug Policy Alliance (DPA), The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NADCL) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) led a coalition of over 100 drug policy, civil rights, criminal justice and public health organizations in urging Congress and the Biden Administration not to repeat the mistakes of the past by allow  more

CONWAY, Arkansas, April 8 (TNSBook) -- Hendrix College issued the following news release: Imagine living in middle America in the early 1800s when a series of earthquakes disrupts everyday life. How does this literally earth-shaking event affect you, your community, and the spiritual and political forces already at work before the ground began to tremble? Dr. Jonathan Hancock, associate professor of history at Hendrix College, examines these topics in his new book, Convulsed States: Earthquake  more

TUCSON, Arizona, April 8 -- The International Dark-Sky Association issued the following news release: IDA has awarded International Dark Sky Park status to Natural Bridge State Park in Rockbridge County and Sky Meadows State Park in Fauquier County. Both parks are in the U.S. state of Virginia. The announcement was made today during International Dark Sky Week 2021. With the designation of Natural Bridge and Sky Meadows, Virginia's total of five International Dark Sky Parks surpasses that of a  more

PASADENA, California, April 6 -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: Teams are headed out by land, water, and air to collect data that will be used to forecast land gain and loss in the Mississippi River Delta as a result of sea level rise. Around this time last year, scientists and researchers for Delta-X - NASA's new investigation tasked with studying the Mississippi River Delta - were readying their boats and planes for their first field campaign in coastal Louisiana  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 8 -- The Journal of Physical Oceanography, a journal that says it features physics of the ocean and to processes operating at its boundaries from the American Meteorological Society, published research articles, including the following topics, in its April 2021 edition: ARTICLES: * Deep Eastern Boundary Currents: Idealized Models and Dynamics * Overturning Response to a Surface Wind Stress Doubling in an Eddying and a Non-Eddying Ocean * Deep-Water Warming in th  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 6 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Kansas City District issued the following news release: Leaders from The Mississippi River Commission along with leaders from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers toured the Missouri River Mar. 29 - Apr. 1. Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon, chief of engineers and commanding general, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Brig. Gen. D. Peter Hemlinger, commander, Northwestern Division, Col. William Hannan Jr., commander, Kansas City District and Co  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 7 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Nebraska office issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is unveiling new action-based frameworks to increase conservation work to address threats facing America's working rangelands. These frameworks are designed to benefit both agriculture and wildlife in sagebrush and grassland landscapes of the western United States. USDA's Natural Resources Conserva  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is unveiling new action-based frameworks to increase conservation work to address threats facing America's working rangelands. These frameworks are designed to benefit both agriculture and wildlife in sagebrush and grassland landscapes of the western United States. USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) par  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 8 -- The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation issued the following news: The International Dark Sky Association (IDA) has awarded International Dark Sky Park status to Natural Bridge State Park in Rockbridge County and Sky Meadows State Park in Fauquier County. "With the designation of Natural Bridge and Sky Meadows, Virginia State Parks has a total of four dark sky parks and Virginia has a total of five, more than any other state east of the Mississippi  more