DENVER, Colorado, Aug. 6 -- The American Indian College Fund issued the following news: The American Indian College Fund's Obdaya Opta Tate Kin Kah'Boke (Winds Blowing Across the Prairie) project will provide tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) located on or near Indian reservations in the Norther Great Plains (NGP) region to build environmental science programs benefitting their Tribal communities. Obdaya Opta Tate Kin Kah'Boke is designed to build institutional capacity; develop vocationa  more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Vicksburg District issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2021: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District recently awarded a $9.1 million emergency contract for a stabilization project at Natchez National Cemetery. District leadership worked with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and city officials to expedite the project after high levels of erosion were discovered in the south and west reaches of  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 4 (TNSPol) -- Healthy Gulf (formerly the Gulf Restoration Network) issued the following statement on Aug. 3, 2021, by Matt Rota Senior Policy Director: * * * The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released the measurement of the 2021 Gulf Dead Zone. This year's Dead Zone was measured to be 6,331 square miles, approximately ten times the size of Lake Pontchartrain, or 1,000 square miles larger than Connecticut. This measurement, which is three times the  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, Aug. 6 (TNSPar) -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: Mississippi State is partnering with the Delta Health Alliance to encourage more people at the university and around the state to get a COVID-19 vaccination. Funding from the Delta Health Alliance Mississippi RIVER Project is helping MSU's vaccine adoption efforts both on campus and via MSU Extension, which has offices statewide in all 82 counties. MSU Vice President for Student Affairs Regina   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (TNSPol) (TNSCapv) -- The National Wildlife Federation issued the following news release: Congress should strengthen its commitment to Farm Bill conservation programs by doubling their funding in its budget reconciliation package, a broad coalition of 216 conservation, farmer and rancher, sportsmen, and wildlife groups urged in a new letter. "Farm Bill conservation programs are routinely oversubscribed. Demand for conservation on 13.8 million acres goes unmet because of ina  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2021: NOAA-supported scientists announced that this year's Gulf of Mexico "dead zone"- an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and marine life - is approximately 6,334 square miles, or equivalent to more than four million acres of habitat potentially unavailable to fish and bottom species. The average hypoxic zone over the past five years i  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.) is pleased to announce the National Association of Counties (NACo) voted unanimously to endorse a resolution in support of the Mississippi River Restoration and Resilience Initiative (MRRRI) at its annual conference in July. Rep. McCollum released the following statement: "I am so grateful to Ramsey County Commissioner Reinhardt and the Association of Minnesota C  more

ROCK ISLAND, Illinois, Aug. 5 -- The U.S. Army Sustainment Command issued the following news: Historic Quarters 1 on Rock Island Arsenal has seen a fair number of VIPs in its day. From stars (in both the general officer sense, as well as celebrity types) to foreign dignitaries, the castle-like former residence has been the setting for many a grand event. It has never, however, had 35 princesses and 4 princes visit in one day -- until now! Family, Morale, Welfare and Recreation recently hosted  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2021: The Senate Appropriations Committee passed legislation that includes a number of items that U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin worked to include for Wisconsin. "I worked to include this funding because it delivers support from Washington to Wisconsin," said Senator Baldwin, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee. "This federal funding will support a wide variety of improvements in our sta  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2021: U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that several Missouri priories were included in the FY2022 Agriculture and Energy and Water Development funding bills. The bills were approved by the Appropriations Committee by a vote of 25 to 5. "I'm pleased the committee worked together to prioritize support for programs and policies that significantly   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today announced that the Senate Appropriations Committee advanced three Fiscal Year 2022 appropriations bills for Energy and Water, Agriculture, Rural Development and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs. Durbin and Duckw  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee issued the following testimony by Collin O'Mara, president and CEO of the National Wildlife Federation, at a hearing entitled "Examining the Benefits of Investing in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Water Infrastructure Projects": * * * Thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today on the vital issue of improving the resilience of our nation's water resources and the communities and wildlife those resources sustai  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2021: U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today praised the award of a $9.1 million contract to expedite an emergency bluff stabilization project at the Natchez National Cemetery. The Mississippi lawmakers worked with the Veterans Affairs Administration, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and city officials to secure the contract, which was expedited after  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2021: U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., today praised the award of a $9.1 million contract to expedite an emergency bluff stabilization project at the Natchez National Cemetery. The Mississippi lawmakers worked with the Veteran Affairs Administration, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and city officials to secure the contract, which was expedited after fede  more