ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, New York, Dec. 8 (TNSAwa) -- Bard College issued the following news release: The Bard College Institute for Writing and Thinking (IWT) and Bard College Master of Arts in Teaching Program (MAT) have been awarded their third grant to imbed digitized Library of Congress primary sources into their programming for teachers and students. Bard MAT and IWT are known for their innovative strategies in supporting literacy instruction across disciplines through writing-based, student-  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 11 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Gov. Kim Reynolds announced appointments to Iowa's boards and commissions. The following appointments are subject to Senate confirmation: Board of Chiropractic Kirby Connell, Polk Board of Nursing Ryan Stuck, Hamilton Board of Nursing Home Administrators Karen Bentsen, Sioux Bill Meyers, Decatur Board of Optometry Brian Kirschling, Johnson Board of Parole Meredith Lamberti (Vice Chair) Board   more

LANSING, Michigan, Dec. 11 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the bipartisan Council of Great Lakes Governors came together to ask federal leaders to include funding for the Brandon Road Lock and Dam in the 2022 Water Resources Reform and Development Act to prevent a species of invasive carp from entering Michigan's water and protect key industries and tens of thousands of jobs. "The Great Lakes are the beating heart of Michi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Cheri Bustos (D-IL) and Ashley Hinson (R-IA) joined Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) on a bicameral, bipartisan letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers urging the prioritization of funding for construction of the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP) on the Upper Mississippi River System with the $2.5 billion for inland waterway  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Ashley Hinson (R-IA) helped lead a bipartisan, bicameral letter alongside Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (D-IL) and Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Roy Blunt (R-MO) calling for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to prioritize funding for construction of the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP) on the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS). This $2.5 billion in f  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: Rep. Ron Kind announced that he joined a bicameral, bipartisan letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers urging the prioritization of funding for construction of the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP) on the Upper Mississippi River System with the $2.5 billion for inland waterways provided in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. "The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is set to deliver significa  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Angie Craig (D-MN) and Ron Kind (D-WI) introduced the Driftless Area Landscape Conservation Initiative (DALCI) Act to preserve the ecologically-unique region between Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. The legislation would re-establish efforts by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to improve management of working lands, woodlands, p  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Angie Craig (D-MN) and Ron Kind (D-WI) introduced the Driftless Area Landscape Conservation Initiative (DALCI) Act to preserve the ecologically-unique region between Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. The legislation would re-establish efforts by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to improve management of working lands, woodlands, p  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Angie Craig (D-MN), and Ron Kind (D-WI) introduced the bipartisan Driftless Area Landscape Conservation Initiative (DALCI) Act to preserve the ecologically-unique region spanning Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin. The legislation would build on the previous successes of DALCI and give farmers the tools to implement conservation practices acro  more

LA CROSSE, Wisconsin, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: Rep. Ron Kind joined Reps. Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), and Angie Craig (D-MN) in introducing the Driftless Area Landscape Conservation Initiative (DALCI) Act to preserve the ecologically-unique region between Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, and Minnesota. The bipartisan legislation would re-establish efforts by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to improve management of working lands,  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), along with Reps. Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.-17) and Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa-01), today to lead a bicameral, bipartisan letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to prioritize the funding for construction of the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP) on the Upper Mississippi River System (UMR  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (Mo.), Dick Durbin (Ill.), and Chuck Grassley (Iowa), along with U.S. Representatives Cheri Bustos (Ill.) and Ashley Hinson (Iowa), led a bicameral, bipartisan letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to prioritize funding for construction of the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP) on the Upper Mississippi River System with the $2.5 billion for inland waterways prov  more

BIRMINGHAM, England, Dec. 7 (TNSJou) -- The University of Birmingham issued the following news release: Retreating glaciers in the Pacific mountains of western North America could produce around 6,150 kilometers of new Pacific salmon habitat by the year 2100, according to a new study. Scientists have 'peeled back the ice' from 46,000 glaciers between southern British Columbia and south-central Alaska to look at how much potential salmon habitat would be created when underlying bedrock is expos  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Dec. 9 (TNSOps) -- The University of Missouri's School of Journalism issued the following news release on Dec. 8, 2021: Report for America today announced the selection of 10 partner newsrooms that will join the Missouri School of Journalism's Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk in 2022. The newsrooms, ranging from small investigative nonprofits to major dailies and public media, each will receive salary support to hire a full-time environmental reporter as part of the c  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The Congressional Western Caucus issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2021: In response to new information received regarding the proposal to relocate the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Headquarters to Washington, D.C., Vice Chair Lauren Boebert (CO-03) led Congressional Western Caucus Members in sending a letter to U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland in strong opposition. The flawed reprogramming proposal sheds further light on the plan to rel  more