watershed News
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EPA Pours $3.2 Million into Watersheds
Washington, D.C. - Six finalists are eligible to apply for $3.2 million from EPA's Targeted Watersheds Grants to provide support to watershed organizations throughout the nation. These capacity-building grants will range from $300,000 to $800,000 each. They are awarded to organizations that promote the growth and development of local watershed partnerships through training and technical ...
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EPA evaluates states’ final phase ii watershed implementation plans for restoring the chesapeake bay
Today, EPA released its evaluations of the final Phase II Watershed Implementation Plans (WIPs) from Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. Completion of the plans marks a significant stage in the Chesapeake Bay cleanup effort, and represents the local level planning needed to continue accelerating implementation of the necessary practices to ...
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New EPA Tool to Accelerate Watershed Planning
(Washington, D.C.) The Environmental Protection Agency has released the Watershed Plan Builder, an interactive, Web-based tool to improve efforts by states and local communities in protecting and restoring local water resources. The tool will help local watershed organizations develop integrated watershed plans to meet state and EPA requirements and promote water quality improvements. ...
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New grant to spur restoration efforts in New York’s Saw Mill river watershed
Watersheds are vital to the prosperity of every community because they provide a pathway for the natural filtration and cleansing of water. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) helps protect and restore our nation’s watersheds through annual grants to organizations working to improve their local watersheds. This year, EPA has awarded one of these grants, for $889,183, to Groundwork ...
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EPA reaffirms December 2010 deadline for Bay TMDL (PA)
As part of the process for restoring the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, EPA has reaffirmed the federal-state commitment to establish the Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) - or pollution diet - by the end of this year. The Bay TMDL will set limits on nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment throughout the 64,000-square-mile watershed. Backed by a strong accountability framework, the Bay TMDL includes state ...
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Iowa lawmakers introduce Surface Water Protection Act
A new initiative to improve Iowa's water quality has been pupt forward by a bipartisan group of state lawmakers. The result of a two-year watershed planning task force, the Surface Water Protection Act is aimed at identifying problems and preventing pollution in Iowa's largest lakes, rivers and creeks. 'Iowa needs a coordinated effort to clean up our surface water and improve water quality,' ...
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EPA awards $80,000 to the Pacific American Foundation to educate Hawaiian students on local watersheds
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded an environmental education grant of $80,000 to the Pacific American Foundation located in Kaneohe, Hawaii. The goal of the program, Wisdom of the Watershed, is to improve environmental science education by increasing the interest of Hawaii’s youth in science, technology, engineering, and math disciplines through culturally-relevant ...
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Recognizing Quality in Water Quality Trading
(WASHINGTON, DC.) – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking nominations for the Blue Ribbon Water Quality Trading Awards Program. The awards will recognize outstanding leadership in designing or implementing water quality trading programs and policies that have achieved or will achieve environmental and economic benefits. EPA's Water Quality Trading Policy offers participants a tool to ...
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Federal land management in the Chesapeake Bay watershed
EPA has issued final guidance which is intended to allow the federal government to lead the way in protecting the Bay and its watershed with the most effective tools and practices available. Covered areas include: agricultural lands, urban and suburban areas, forestry, riparian areas, septic systems, and hydromodification. An Executive Order directs federal agencies with ten or more acres within ...
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EPA Announces Grant to Science and Arts Center to Teach Students about Science and Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that Harrisburg's Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts is the recipient of a $205,305 environmental education grant. The funding will be used to train middle and high school science teachers in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed to conduct hands-on scientific investigations with their students in the Susquehanna River, the bay's largest ...
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EPA announces next step toward establishing rigorous pollution diet for Chesapeake Bay (DE, DC, MD, PA, VA)
EPA today announced draft allocations for nitrogen and phosphorus as part of a rigorous pollution diet for meeting water quality standards in the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries, and restoring local rivers and streams throughout the 64,000-square-mile watershed. “Restoring the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries will not be easy,” said EPA Regional Administrator Shawn M. ...
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EPA Employees Mark Earth Day by Cleaning Up Proctor Creek with Local Residents
EPA’s new Regional Administrator for the Southeast, Heather McTeer Toney, will roll up her sleeves alongside other EPA employees and community partners to clean up Proctor Creek in Atlanta, Ga., this Earth Day. WHAT: Proctor Creek Cleanup to mark 44th observance of Earth Day WHO: Heather McTeer Toney, U.S. EPA Region 4 Administrator; Tony Torrence, Community Improvement Association, ...
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Three Pacific Northwest Organizations Awarded Environmental Education Grants from EPA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded three environmental education grants totaling $272,992 to non-profit organizations in Idaho, Oregon and Washington. These three projects were selected from a pool 48 grant applications submitted to EPA Region 10. “The projects that will be carried out as a result of these environmental education grants help increase public awareness ...
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Freedman and Dilks Participate in Nutrients Symposium (October 2014)
Paul Freedman and Dave Dilks recently participated in the San Francisco Bay Nutrients Symposium Series conducted by the Bay Area Clean Water Agency (BACWA), an organization dedicated to working with members, state and federal regulatory agencies and non-governmental organizations to improve and enhance the San Francisco Bay environment. Paul and Dave contributed to panel discussions, Paul as a ...
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EPA Selected as ACT-IAC Igniting Innovation 2015 Awards Top 30 Finalist
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced its Watershed Index Online (WSIO) tool has been selected as a Top 30 finalist for the 2015 Igniting Innovation Awards, presented by the American Council for Technology - Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC), the premier public-private partnership in the government IT community. The new awards program selected 30 finalists from a large ...
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New Guidance on Watershed Permitting
EPA has published a new technical guidance that will help integrate National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits into watershed management plans. 'Watershed-Based NPDES Permitting Technical Guidance' is a follow up to the 2003 implementation guidance and leads permitting interested parties through the analysis of watershed data and developing a framework for implementing an ...
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EPA and Partners to Participate in Proctor Creek Community Showcase in Atlanta
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has joined the Proctor Creek community and a variety of partners to participate in a showcase event to share the many environmental activities and services going on in the Proctor Creek watershed in Atlanta, Ga. The event, which is free and open to the public, is designed to create awareness and stewardship in an urban watershed setting. The showcase ...
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$13 Million to Flow to 16 Watershed Groups
(Washington, D.C. - Aug. 20, 2007) On the shore of Tacoma's Commencement Bay in Washington, EPA's Assistant Administrator for Water today announced 16 organizations are finalists eligible to apply for a total of $13.36 million through EPA's Targeted Watersheds Grants Program. The selected organizations will implement a variety of activities to improve the health of their watersheds. 'These ...
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Kentucky water resources research institute designated as center of excellence for watershed management (KY)
Today, the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) designated the Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute (KWRRI) as a Center of Excellence for Watershed Management. This is the first Center of Excellence to be designated in Kentucky and the seventh in the Southeast. EPA Deputy Regional Administrator Stanley A. Meiburg, University of Kentucky, Executive Vice President for Research, Jim ...
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EPA designates center of excellence for watershed management at NCSU
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has designated North Carolina State University (NCSU) as a Center of Excellence for Watershed Management. NCSU is the managing entity of the Water Resources Research Institute (WRRI) for the entire University of North Carolina system. This is the first Center of Excellence to be designated in North Carolina and the sixth in the Southeast. U.S. ...
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