WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Brian Higgins, D-New York, issued the following news release on April 21, 2023: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and U.S. Congressman Brian Higgins today announced that the Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper has been recommended to receive over $900,000 in federal funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Climate-Ready Coasts initiative to restore Scajaquada Creek Watershed. The federal funding  more

TOLEDO, Ohio, April 18 (TNSjou) -- The University of Toledo issued the following news release: New research reveals the progress scientists at The University of Toledo are making in their ongoing efforts to capture and remove invasive grass carp from the Great Lakes. Researchers based at the UToledo Lake Erie Center created a new way to estimate the abundance of invasive "sleeper" species in freshwater ecosystems and help guide management strategies. Using data collected during their efforts   more

TOLEDO, Ohio, April 18 (TNSfund) -- The University of Toledo issued the following news release: Researchers at The University of Toledo are helping communities throughout northwest Ohio that don't draw drinking water from Lake Erie protect their raw water supplies from toxic algae. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded UToledo a three-year, $1.5 million grant to target Ohio's inland water sources and treatment plants with new monitoring and treatment methods to control harmful algal blooms   more