ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Feb. 24 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: * * * Corps of Engineers seeks comments on Blackhawk Park bank stabilization The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking public comments on a draft Environmental Assessment, or EA, for its proposed Blackhawk Park bank stabilization and erosion protection project. The proposed project is upstream of Lock 9 on the Upper Mississippi River on the Wisconsin side  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Rep. Mike Ezell, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release on Feb. 25, 2025: * * * Ezell, Carter Introduce the Mississippi River Basin Fisheries Commission Act Yesterday, Representatives Mike Ezell (MS-04) and Troy Carter (LA-02), introduced H.R. 1514, the Mississippi River Basin Fisheries Commission Act of 2025, to establish the Mississippi River Basin Fishery Commission, a groundbreaking initiative aimed at protecting and enhancing one of America's most vital w  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Feb. 25 -- The Indiana Department of Agriculture issued the following news release on Feb. 24, 2025: * * * Soil sampling program available for Hoosier farmers INDIANAPOLIS (Feb. 24, 2025) - The Indiana State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) and partners throughout the state have worked with the Gulf Hypoxia Program (GHP) to develop a no-cost program with a focus on increasing the knowledge and use of soil sampling as a nutrient management practice to benefit farm operat  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 25 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area Protected from Industrial Development, Lawsuit Alleges Baton Rouge, La. -- Healthy Gulf filed a lawsuit in the 19 th judicial district court for the Parish of East Baton Rouge alleging state agencies are acting outside their authority when they approved Air Products Blue Energy's plan to construct a carbon dioxide pipeline through the Ma  more