KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Aug. 18 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Kansas City District issued the following news release: Midwest Construction Company, of Nebraska City, Nebraska, was awarded a contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to make repairs to river training structures on the Missouri River. The $27 million dollars for the repair work comes from the BIL - Bipartisan Infrastructure Legislation - and is expected to be the first of several separate contracts awarded in the next 1  more

ROCK ISLAND, Illinois, Aug. 18 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Rock Island District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program partners are in the early stages of planning for a habitat rehabilitation project and are seeking public input through Sept. 16. The Quincy Bay project is part of the Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program and is being developed through a partnership with the Quincy Bay Area Restorati  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Aug. 17 -- Biological Invasions, a journal that says it features patterns and processes of biological invasions in terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2022 edition: Original Papers: * Can the enemy release hypothesis explain the success of Rumex (Polygonaceae) species in an introduced range? * Effects of temperature and host plant fragmentation on Lymantria dispar population growth along its e  more

LENEXA, Kansas, Aug. 18 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (MSD) is proposing to modify its $4.7 billion, 25-year sewer system upgrade. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which must approve proposed modifications to the sewer project, the revisions will reduce the project's impacts to underserved communities, will not negatively affect ratepayers, and will reduce discharges of sewage into   more

AMES, Iowa, Aug. 18 (TNSjou) -- Iowa State University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences issued the following news release: When can we expect to see reduced levels of nutrients in our water if we make positive changes on the landscape? New Iowa State University research shows how complicated it is to give a sound answer to that question. The research is featured in a recent article in the peer-reviewed Journal of Environmental Quality, co-authored by Ph.D. student Gerasimos J. Danalat  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 17 (TNSrpt) -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Aug. 16, 2022: Gov. John Bel Edwards was joined by Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser, Baton Rouge Mayor Sharon Weston Broome and LSU officials to announce federal and state funding for the first phase of the major cleanup of a borrow pit at Burden Museum and Gardens that has been inadvertently collecting trash from stormwater for decades. Burden is part of key demonstration sites being implem  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Aug. 17 -- Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2022: Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today that on August 11, 2022, a federal court entered a final judgment requiring the divestiture of certain grain elevators along the Mississippi River before a large asset acquisition could occur between two major agriculture corporations. The Missouri Attorney General's Office submitted a comment letter supporting the  more