Watershed Monitoring News
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Leonard J. Lane Receives 2019 Hugh Hammond Bennett Award from the Soil and Water Conservation Society
The Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) would like to congratulate Dr. Leonard J. Lane, a scientist and engineer who has advanced conservation science, for receiving the 2019 Hugh Hammond Bennett Award. The Hugh Hammond Bennett Award is the Society’s most prestigious award and recognizes extraordinary national and international accomplishments in the conservation of soil, water, and ...
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RAE announces $4.5 million in grants for clean water and healthy coasts in Southeast New England
On Monday, Sept. 17, Restore America’s Estuaries (RAE), and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will announce $4.5 million in new funding for local organizations working to restore clean water and healthy coastal ecosystems to Southeast New England. The announcement event is scheduled for 10 a.m. at Pawtucket City Hall (agenda attached). The funding is provided under the 2018 ...
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Boles Publishes Article on Watershed Modeling with Tile Drains
LimnoTech’s Chelsie Boles has authored an article titled “Tile Drainage Simulation in SWAT2012: Parameterization and Evaluation in an Indiana Watershed” in the journal Transactions of the ASABE (published by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers). The article reviews and tests the newest method available for simulating subsurface tile drains in the Soil ...
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EPA Awards Environmental Education Grants in 24 States, Puerto Rico, D.C.
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the completion of the latest round of awards under the Environmental Education (EE) Grants Program. Projects include a community-based program to study Monarch butterflies, a watershed and stream monitoring teacher training program, a classroom-based simulation of the United Nations Climate Summit, and a mobile laboratory. Additional ...
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EPA Takes Steps to Improve Water Quality of Illinois River
Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making available the Illinois River Watershed Modeling Program which resulted from several years of collaboration with local stakeholders, states and tribes in both Ark. and Okla. The Modeling Program will assist in the development of water pollution controls needed to meet water quality standards throughout the watershed and relies on two ...
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LimnoTech Goes to WEFTEC 2015 Conference
LimnoTech will again have a significant presence at the annual WEFTEC 2015 conference. The Water Environment Federation’s Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference is the largest conference of its kind in North America and offers water quality professionals from around the world the best water quality education and training available. LimnoTech’s Tad Slawecki will be chairing ...
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EPA Releases Additional Data and Public Records on Gold King Mine Response
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released new data trend graphs and additional public records on the Gold King Mine response. What new documents are being released? EPA is releasing a contractor's Draft Technical Memo of the August 5 incident, including photographs, an EPA On Scene Coordinator's description of the events depicted in the photographs, and an EPA phone duty ...
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EPA Honors New Jersey Environmental Champions
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that it has honored six individuals and organizations from across New Jersey with Environmental Champion Awards for their achievements in protecting public health and the environment. EPA Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck was joined by Donovan Richards, Chair of the New York City Council's Committee on Environmental Protection, to ...
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EPA Grants Available to Improve the Environment and Public Health in New England Communities
EPA is making grant money available for New England communities to reduce environmental risks, protect and improve human health and improve the quality of life. EPA New England’s Healthy Communities Grant Program is currently accepting initial proposals for projects that will benefit one or more New England communities. EPA plans to award a total of approximately 10-15 cooperative ...
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DePinto and Redder Participate in Ecosystem Conference
Limnotech staff members Joe Depinto, PhD, and Todd Redder, PE, will be attending and participating at a conference sponsored by A Community on Ecosystem Services (ACES) in Washington, DC, from December 8th to 12th. The conference, titled Linking Science, Practice, and Decision Making, will bring together leaders in government, NGOS, academia, Native American communities, and the private sector in ...
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2,400 Urban Students to Get Unique Water Education Experience Officials Gather in Camden to Celebrate First Area Stop for ‘Canoemobile’
As many as 2,400 urban students will paddle the Delaware River and other area waterways, test the quality of the waters and learn about key water issues over the next two weeks as the national “Canoemobile” program rolls into Delaware Basin cities. U.S. EPA Regional Administrator Shawn M. Garvin and officials from federal, state and county agencies gathered in Camden’s Wiggins ...
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EPA Awards $2.6 million to Protect Mid-Atlantic Region Wetlands. Delaware Project Among Six to be Funded
EPA Regional Administrator Shawn M. Garvin announced today at an event in Dover, Delaware, that EPA has awarded a total of $2,642,270 in Wetland Program Development Grants to six recipients in EPA’s Mid-Atlantic region. The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environment Control (DNREC), one of the recipients, was awarded $443,233 that will help the state prepare for changing ...
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EPA works with Texas to protect water quality with $2.5 million grant
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded $2,543,528 to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to support management of nonpoint-source water pollution. The funding will be used for a variety of projects designed to improve water quality in several priority watersheds. EPA’s grant will help TCEQ fund nonpoint-source management projects such as ...
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EPA Announces 3rd Environmental Youth Symposium for Colleges and Universities in the Southeast
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will host the 3rd Environmental Youth Symposium for Colleges & Universities in the Southeast on September 12, 2013. The event will be held at the Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center in Atlanta, GA. The conference is an opportunity for students, faculty members, higher education administrators, and other environmental and sustainability stakeholders ...
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EPA Awards Arkansas Nearly $3M to Protect Water Quality
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded $2,988,000 to the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission (ANRC) to support management of nonpoint-source water pollution. The funding will be used for a variety of projects designed to improve water quality in several priority watersheds. Nonpoint-source pollution (NPS) is caused by rainfall or snowmelt moving over the ground. This ...
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UGA Student wins National Water Quality Challenge Award
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that James Wood, a Ph.D. candidate from the University of Georgia located in Athens, Ga., was one of seven undergraduate and graduate student winners for Phase 1 of the National Aquatic Resource Surveys (NARS) Campus Challenge. The award was based on Wood’s proposal to assess major trends in river plants and measure the ...
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EPA Announces Awards to College Students in National Water Quality Challenge
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced seven undergraduate and graduate student winners for phase 1 of the National Aquatic Resource Surveys (NARS) Campus Challenge, recognizing exemplary research in the area of water quality and ecosystems. Announced in February, the NARS Campus Challenge encourages students to develop proposals for research projects that find innovative ...
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EPA Announces the 3rd Environmental Youth Symposium for Colleges and Universities in the Southeast
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will host the 3rd Environmental Youth Symposium for Colleges and Universities in the Southeast on September 12, 2014. The event will be held at the Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center in Atlanta, Ga. The conference is an opportunity for students, faculties, administrators and other environmental and sustainable stakeholders to develop partnerships, ...
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EPA Awards over $179,000 to Promote Proctor Creek Restoration
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that it is awarding over $179,000 to three organizations for the restoration of the Proctor Creek Watershed in Atlanta, Ga. Nationally, $2.1 million was awarded to 36 organizations in 17 states and Puerto Rico to help protect and restore urban waters, improve water quality, and support community revitalization and other local ...
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EPA starts process that could restrict Pebble Mine
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking the first steps toward possibly restricting or even prohibiting development of a massive gold-and-copper prospect near the headwaters of a world-premier sockeye salmon fishery in southwest Alaska. The decision follows release of an EPA report in January that found large-scale mining in the Bristol Bay watershed posed significant risk to salmon ...
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