ST. PAUL, Minnesota, June 14 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, released its updated Mississippi River Pool 6 draft dredged material management plan and Environmental Assessment, or EA, today, June 14. The updated draft plan describes what the Corps proposes to do with the dredged material, or river sand, near Winona, Minnesota, once it's removed from the Mississippi River navigation chan  more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, June 17 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Vicksburg District issued the following news release on June 16, 2022: Col. Robert A. Hilliard transferred command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District to Col. Christopher D. Klein in a formal change of command ceremony at district headquarters in Vicksburg, Mississippi, today. Klein comes to the district from Springfield, Virginia, where he graduated from the Eisenhower School for National S  more

HAVANA, Florida, June 15 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on June 14, 2022: Northwest Florida Water Management District (NWFWMD) and the US EPA, in partnership with AECOM, UF/IFAS and May Nursery, demonstrated the progress and technology of an EPA 2021 Farmer to Farmer grant awarded project. The NWFWMD was awarded $959,754 for an Algae Harvesting and Biomass Reuse project where unused nutrients from agricultural practices are captured and transformed into  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Rep. Brian Mast, R-Florida, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Brian Mast's (FL-18) legislation to combat toxic algal blooms, the South Florida Clean Coastal Waters Act, was signed into law today. The bipartisan legislation will require the first-ever federal assessment and action plan to combat harmful algal blooms in Florida. "For far too long, the east and west coasts of Florida have been treated like Florida's septic tank," Rep. Mast said. "This l  more