COLUMBIA, Missouri, Sept. 25 (TNSPer) -- The University of Missouri's School of Journalism issued the following news release: The Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, a collaborative reporting network that will cover agriculture, water and related issues in the Mississippi River Basin, has hired environmental journalist Tegan Wendland as its editorial director. As editorial director, Wendland will oversee the work of the Ag & Water Desk, which is housed at the Missouri School of Journalism  more

ORLANDO, Louisiana, Sept. 23 (TNSOps) -- Associated General Contractors of America issued the following news release on Sept. 22, 2021: Louisiana, Mo.'s Champ Clark Mississippi River Bridge replacement was the most significant construction project of 2020, the Associated General Contractors of America announced today. As a result, the project's contractor, Massman Construction Co., received the association's Construction Risk Partners Build America Grand Award, as well as the award for the best  more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: By Carol C. Coleman Taylor Cagle has joined the Hydrologic Systems Branch in the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL) at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC). Cagle is a Mississippi native, born and raised in Madison, Mississippi. She earned her master's degree in coastal and ecological engineering from Louisiana State University in 2021 and h  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Sept. 21 (TNSPol) -- The Chesapeake Bay Foundation issued the following news release: The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) applauds the state Farm Bureaus of the Bay watershed's six states for urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to devote nearly three quarters of a billion dollars to reducing agricultural pollution in the Chesapeake Bay and the local creeks, streams, and rivers that feed into it. Time is running out for the watershed states to adopt the Bay res  more

SEATTLE, Washington, Sept. 24 -- Estuaries and Coasts, a journal that says it focuses on ecosystems at the interface between the land and the sea, covering research on physical, chemical, geological or biological systems, as well as applications to management of those ecosystems from the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation, published research articles on the following topics in its November 2021 edition: Original Papers: * Phytoplankton Dynamics in a Low-Inflow Estuary (Baffin Bay, TX)   more

PASADENA, California, Sept. 21 -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: Researchers flying a radar instrument over coastal wetlands in Louisiana helped with monitoring oil slicks in the Gulf of Mexico. Charged with studying the Mississippi River Delta, NASA's Delta-X project was gearing up to collect data on Louisiana's coastal wetlands when Hurricane Ida barreled ashore in late August. The storm - a high-end Category 4 when it made landfall near Port Fourchon, Louisiana,  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- The Export-Import Bank of the U.S. issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2021: Two Rivers Fisheries Inc., a woman-owned small business in Wickliffe, Kentucky, that processes and exports local fish to 12 countries, has been named an Exporter of the Year by the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM). The company, which has used EXIM's export credit insurance to support its international sales since 2020, was awarded today during EXIM's 2021 Annual Conferen  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Sept. 23 -- The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued the following news release: Hawkins, Inc., has corrected multiple aboveground storage tank violations at one of its bulk chemical storage facilities in St. Paul, greatly reducing the chance that future potential spills could reach the nearby Mississippi River. According to a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) enforcement investigation that began in August 2020, the company had failed to: * Operate truck and r  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 (TNSGra) -- The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2021: The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) today announced $3.9 million in new grants to help agricultural producers implement voluntary conservation practices on farms and ranches across the United States. Awarded under NFWF's Conservation Partners Program, the grants will generate $5.1 million in matching contributions to achieve a total conservation impact of   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New Orleans District issued the following news release on Sept. 23, 2021: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District has extended the formal public scoping comment period through Oct. 31, 2021 for the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement. A notice of intent to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to the 2014 West Shore Lake Pontchartrain EIS was publishe  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2021: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), today introduced the Maritime Technological Advancement Act. The legislation would establish a grant program to develop, offer, or improve educational or career training programs for American workers in the maritime workforce. "From the dedicated   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2021: U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Ben Cardin, D-Md., today introduced the Maritime Technological Advancement Act. The legislation would establish a grant program to develop, offer, or improve educational or career training pro  more

CORAL GABLES, Florida, Sept. 21 (TNSRep) -- The University of Miami's Graduate School issued the following news: Faculty members at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science are partnering with local and state government leaders to determine what factors led to fish kill events in Biscayne Bay during the past two summers. When University of Miami graduate student Charles Groppe began to record the data from his water sampling trip in Biscayne Bay two weeks ago, he was a little al  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Mississippi office issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2021: State Conservationist Kurt Readus of the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced today the statewide deadline for the first application period of Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) funding. While customers can apply year-round, this application deadline is for   more