MONTEREY, California, Sept. 3 -- The Monterey Bay Aquarium, a non-profit that focuses on conservation of the ocean, issued the following statement with the Aquarium Conservation Partnership members and several zoos and aquariums: * * * "I applaud this clear leadership by the White House. Plastic production, use, and disposal practices aren't sustainable and cause significant harm to human health, the environment, and the economy, while driving deep societal injustices. We can solve this proble  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Sept. 7 -- 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, awarded a $2.5 million contract to Dubuque Barge and Fleeting Service Company doing business as Newt Marine Service out of Dubuque, Iowa, to make repairs to the upper guidewall at Lock and Dam 2, near Hastings, Minnesota. Guidewalls are long extensions of the lock walls, in either the upstream or downstream direction, that ar  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Sept. 4 -- The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute issued the following news: It's no fish story: Wisconsin Sea Grant brought home top honors for its Eat Wisconsin Fish video series at Sea Grant Week in Savannah, Georgia. The nine-part series, which showcases Wisconsin's fish farmers and commercial fishers along the Great Lakes and Mississippi River, received the 2024 Excellence in Communication Award during the closing ceremony on Aug. 22. The award honors high-qua  more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Sept. 7 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: By Mary Bradley Warnock, ORTT, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Researchers from eight U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Districts have been selected for the 2024 session of the Engineer Research and Development Center University (ERDC-U). Dr. John McEnery, a Senior Hydraulic Engineer with the USACE St. Louis District, has been chosen as a participant for th  more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Vicksburg District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District (USACE-MVK) continues to advance interim risk reduction measures (IRRM) at Arkabutla Dam in Northwest Mississippi that are scheduled to be completed by late September 2024. These measures include adding piezometers to increase real-time monitoring of groundwater pressure and installing relief wells to relieve water pressure  more

MIDDLETON, Wisconsin, Sept. 6 -- Wetlands, a journal that says it features wetlands biology, ecology, hydrology, water chemistry, soil and sediment characteristics, management, education, legislation, cultural, sociology and regulations from the Society for Wetland Scientists, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2024 edition (Vol. 44, Issue 7): * Agricultural Runoff Effects on Leaf Litter Decomposition: A Comparative Study in Natural and Constructed Deltaic Medite  more