WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Representatives Dave Joyce (R-OH-14) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-01) recently reintroduced the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments (HABHRCA) Act of 2025. This legislation would reauthorize the HABHRCA program through 2030 to improve monitoring, forecasting, prevention, and mitigation of harmful algal blooms (HABs) and hypoxia by requiring better coordination among task force agencies, a  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Rep. Timothy M. Kennedy, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Members from New York & Michigan to Lead Bipartisan US-Canada Working Group * * * Congressmembers Tim Kennedy (D-NY-26) and Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4) will serve as Co-Chairs of the Northern Border Caucus for the 119th Congress. The pair will lead the caucus, which acts as the bipartisan House of Representatives working group on United States-Canada affairs. "The United States and Canada are all  more

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 27 -- Cornell University issued the following news: * * * Spotted lanternflies could cost NYS grape industry millions Researchers estimate that, if left unchecked, the spotted lanternfly - which decimated vineyards in Pennsylvania when it arrived in 2014 - could cause significant economic losses to the New York state grape industry. Using data from two key regions - the Lake Erie region, the largest Concord grape producer in the world, and the Finger Lakes region, the  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Sullivan, Joyce, & Bonamici Lead Bicameral Legislation to Improve Harmful Algal Bloom Response WASHINGTON --U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Representatives Dave Joyce (R-Ohio) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) reintroduced the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act (HABHRCA) of 2025, legislation to reauthorize the original HABHRCA of 1998 for coordinated, effective f  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Jan. 27 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: * * * The state of the Great Lakes: U-M experts available to comment EXPERTS ADVISORY Ahead of a Feb. 4 congressional briefing on Great Lakes science, University of Michigan experts are available to speak on trends in policy, weather, water quality and more in the world's largest freshwater system. Mike Shriberg Mike Shriberg is a professor of practice and engagement at the School for Environment and   more