WALTHAM, Massachusetts, Feb. 15 [TNSsociologyresearch] -- Brandeis University issued the following news: * * * - Research by historian Abigail Cooper shows how newly emancipated people forged a new path * * * Research by assistant professor of history Abigail Cooper into the refugee camps set up for African Americans during the Civil War has revealed stories of courage and bravery and a new understanding of how blacks built a new future for themselves born from the ashes of slavery. Cooper   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 21 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release: Conservation groups sued the Trump administration for delaying a determination of whether imperiled populations of lake sturgeon will be protected under the Endangered Species Act. Millions of lake sturgeon once lived in the Great Lakes and Mississippi Basin but the population is less than 1 % of historic levels. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service made an initial finding in 2019 that listing th  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 21 -- Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory issued the following news: With the recent fracking boom causing low gas prices, fossil fuel companies are seeking other ways to bolster their profits -- by making more plastic. Just as the world is starting to address its enormous plastic pollution problem, these companies are doubling down on plastic, with huge potential consequences for climate and the environment. The over-abundance of natural gas has resulted in t  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Feb. 15 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following news release: The Memphis District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), has initiated Phase I floodfight activities in the Cairo, Reelfoot-Obion, and Missouri areas due to high river stages. This is in conjunction with ongoing Phase I activities on the White River. Current National Weather Service forecasts call for the Mississippi River to crest around 53 feet on the Cairo gage around Feb. 26. During a floo  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Feb. 17 -- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following news release: The Memphis District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), has initiated Phase I floodfight activities in the Cairo, Reelfoot-Obion, and Missouri areas due to high river stages. This is in conjunction with ongoing Phase I activities on the White River. Current National Weather Service forecasts call for the Mississippi River to crest around 53 feet on the Cairo gage around Feb. 26. During a floodfig  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Feb. 21 -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: The Missouri Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Forest Service, acting as trustees for Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration process, are seeking public input on draft restoration plans and environmental assessments for proposed restoration projects in two locations. Both projects are focused on restoring natural resources, inclu  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Feb. 14 -- Evolutionary Applications, a peer-reviewed journal that says it addresses biological questions of health, social and economic relevance, including medicine, agriculture, forestry, aquaculture, conservation biology, environmental sciences, climate change and invasion biology, microbiology and toxicology, published research articles on the following topics in its February 2020 edition: * Population-level inferences from environmental DNA--Current status and future   more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 21 -- The Water Institute of the Gulf issued the following news release: Gov. John Bel Edwards named the Water Institute of the Gulf as the state's Coastal Innovation and Collaboration Hub as part of his suite of coastal priorities for the next four years. "Louisiana's approach to the coastal crisis has been firmly rooted in the best available science since day one. It is the basis for our decision-making in the Coastal Master Plan and leads us to design and implem  more

PASADENA, California, Feb. 20 -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: As sea levels rise, some areas of the Mississippi Delta are drowning while others are actually gaining mass. NASA's Delta-X heads to the region to figure out why. Delta-X, a new NASA airborne investigation, is preparing to embark on its first field campaign in the Mississippi River Delta in coastal Louisiana. Beginning in April, the Delta-X science team, led by Principal Investigator Marc Simard of NAS  more

ANKENY, Iowa, Feb. 18 -- The Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, a journal of natural resource conservation research, practice, policy and perspectives from the Soil and Water Conservation Society, published research articles on the following topics in its January/February 2020 edition: * Analysis of yield variation under soil conservation practices * Assessment of the Soil Vulnerability Index and comparison with AnnAGNPS in two Lower Mississippi River Basin watersheds * Evaluation of the  more

GRAND RIVERS, Kentucky, Feb. 18 -- Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Kentucky, issued the following news on Feb. 17: Gov. Andy Beshear and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell joined U.S. Rep. James Comer; Tourism, Arts and Heritage Secretary Mike Berry; Lyon County Judge-Executive Wade White and other federal, state and local partners at Pisgah Bay to observe first-hand an experimental research method to address the Asian carp population at Kentucky Lake. The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlif  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 21 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards announced his ambitious priorities for the state's coastal program for his next four years in office. Gov. Edwards also announced the state will receive its maximum payment from the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA) for the first time. In addition, he committed at least $115 million in state surplus dollars to the coastal fund which will bring CPRA's planned expendit  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 19 [TNSscientificresearch] -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: That hurricanes can create sudden and dramatic changes to the landscape is obvious to anyone who lives along the Gulf of Mexico's coast. They are powerful, high-energy destructive forces that can flood homes and fell trees, and can leave a lasting impression on all those affected by them; however, less discussed are the modifications they make to unpopulated regions, such as   more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, Feb. 19 -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: Two Mississippi State faculty members are being recognized by the Mississippi Humanities Council with awards recognizing outstanding work by Mississippians in conveying insights of the humanities to public audiences. Mark Edward Clark, associate professor in the university's Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures, is MSU's winner of the 2020 Humanities Teacher of the Year Award, wh  more

ALEXANDRIA, Louisiana, Feb. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Louisiana office issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will invest $56 million this year to help agricultural producers improve water quality in more than 300 high-priority watersheds across the country. USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is continuing two of its successful landscape-level water quality efforts, the Mississippi Ri  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- The American Association of Port Authorities issued the following news release: The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) has chosen Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Rickey "R.D." James to receive the 2020 Port Person of the Year for his dedication in leading the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to streamline processes for maintaining and improving America's civil works infrastructure, including its deep-draft shipping channels. "After accep  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement receiving the 19th Annual Leadership Service Award from the Waterways Council, for his leadership and commitment to inland waterways: "Waterways are a vital and often unseen mode of our nation's infrastructure," Inhofe said. "I am proud to highlight how waterways complement road and bridge infrastructure, driving economic expansion and job growth in communities across Oklahoma that will last for years to com  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) announced a bipartisan resolution recognizing the forced relocation of the Potawatomi people from their homeland east of the Mississippi River to Kansas and Oklahoma and the devastating hardships the Potawatomi people endured during the march west, known as the ''Potawatomi Trail of Death''. "The Senate recognizes the spec  more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Feb. 15 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District announced that an online viewer for inundation mapping will launch Feb. 12. The viewer, which will be accessible through a web browser, will allow users to view forecasted inundation layers for areas affected by high water across the district's 68,000-square-mile jurisdiction in parts of Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas. District   more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Feb. 15 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following news release: The National Weather Service has forecasted one-to-two inches of rain across most of the Lower Mississippi River Valley over the next seven days. Over past 24 hours, parts of the Yazoo and Pearl River basins have received two-to-three inches of rain. The Mississippi River is expected to crest at Arkansas City, Arkansas, at 39.5 feet Feb. 25; Greenville, Mississippi, at 50.5 feet Feb. 26; Vick  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following news release: The National Weather Service has forecasted one-to-two inches of rain across most of the Lower Mississippi River Valley over the next seven days. Over past 24 hours, parts of the Yazoo and Pearl River basins have received two-to-three inches of rain. The Mississippi River is expected to crest at Arkansas City, Arkansas, at 39.5 feet Feb. 25; Greenville, Mississippi, at 50.5 feet Feb. 26; Vicksburg, Mississip  more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Feb. 19 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Vicksburg District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District provided an update Feb. 18: The National Weather Service has forecasted two-to-four inches of rain across most of the Lower Mississippi River Valley over the next seven days. The Mississippi River is expected to crest at Arkansas City, Arkansas, at 39 feet Feb. 25; Greenville, Mississippi, at 50.5 feet Feb. 26; Vi  more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Feb. 21 -- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District provided an update Feb. 18: The National Weather Service has forecasted two-to-four inches of rain across most of the Lower Mississippi River Valley over the next seven days. The Mississippi River is expected to crest at Arkansas City, Arkansas, at 39 feet Feb. 25; Greenville, Mississippi, at 50.5 feet Feb. 26; Vicksburg, Mississippi, a  more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Feb. 21 -- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District has announced that its Work Plan for the 2020 fiscal year includes $102 million in funding for its civil works program, the largest amount of funding since the 2013 fiscal year. The Work Plan will fund projects, programs and activities that received funding in the three previous fiscal years and will prioritize ongoing work that can reac  more