ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Oct. 2 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release on Oct. 1, 2021: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $10.2 million contract to Newt Marine Service out of Dubuque, Iowa, for Mooring Dolphin replacement and an $18.6 million contract to Kraemer North America out of Plain, Wisconsin, for the design-build of a straight-line mooring solution at the district's Fountain City Services Base in Pool 5A of the Up  more

AMES, Iowa, Oct. 1 (TNSRes) -- Iowa State University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences issued the following news release: A new study underway by economists at Iowa State University aims to better understand nutrient impacts through the lens of local recreation and tourism, with a focus on assessing the economic impacts of water quality improvement on rural and lower-income communities. The project is jointly funded by the Iowa Water Center and the Iowa Nutrient Research Center at Iow  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol issued the following news on Sept. 29, 2021: The Louisiana Wing has made its final two flights photographing Hurricane Ida-affected lands and waterways, wrapping up a mission totaling 148 sorties, 377 hours in the air, nearly 122,000 images and over 6,000 gigapixels of data. The photos cover 6,012 square miles of surface area. They were taken for the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Governor's Office of Homeland Sec  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2021: Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04) applauded the Department of the Interior's announcement today that the ninth and final Climate Adaptation Science Center (CASC) will be hosted at the University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment. The CASC will operate in consortium with University of Wisconsin, the College of the Menominee Nation, the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife C  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (TNSOps) -- The Sierra Club issued the following statement on Sept. 29, 2021: * * * Canadian oil company Enbridge announced that tar sands oil will start flowing through the Line 3 pipeline this Friday. If allowed to continue operating, the pipeline will carry 760,000 barrels per day of the dirtiest oil on the planet from Alberta, Canada to Superior, Wisconsin, running through more than 200 bodies of water along the way, including the headwaters of the Mississippi River an  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 30 (TNSGra) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Ehab Meselhe, a professor in the Tulane Department of River-Coastal Science and Engineering, has received a $125,000 grant to plan the creation of an online forecasting tool to help scientists, ecologists and engineers evaluate how freshwater diversion and other coastal restorations projects may impact marine mammals, shorebirds, barrier islands and fisheries from the Mississippi River to the Gulf   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2021: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $13.1 million in grants to help the state of Iowa recover from recent natural disasters. "President Biden is dedicated to using the full power of the federal government to help communities recover and rebuild following natu  more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Vicksburg District issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2021: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District has selected Ryan Reves as chief of the Inspection and Dam Safety Section in the Geotechnical Branch. In this role under the Engineering and Construction Division, Reves will oversee all geological and geotechnical engineering studies, investigations and project inspections pertinent to the distr  more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Vicksburg District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District has selected Justin Giles as chief of the Water Management Section in the Hydraulics Branch. In this role under the Engineering and Construction Division, Giles will ensure the district's water resources projects are operated in accordance with water control plans, and operate and maintain the district's satellite  more