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Six New Projects Selected For Funding Rochester, MN -- Norman Senjem, balmm currents, 12/30/03
Environmentalists sue Alliant Energy PORTAGE, WI -- By Kevin Murphy, 12/30/03
Sporting groups meet with President Bush to address conservation concerns WASHINGTON, DC -- by Babe Winkelman, Walker Pilot-Independent, 12/30/03
Kerry Urges Clean Air Plan to Curb Asthma DES MOINES, Iowa -- by MIKE GLOVER
Associated Press via San Jose Mercury, 12/29/03
Close encounters of the deer kind St. Paul, MN -- BY HANK SHAW, St. Paul Pioneer Press, 12/28/03
Wetlands project aims to extract value from Coors fish kill GOLDEN, CO -- By David Olinger, Denver Post, 12/28/03
Endangered Species Act has milestone Spencer, IA -- By PERRY BEEMAN, Des Moines Register, 12/28/03
Critics say U.S. long has skirted meat safety upgrades Washington, DC -- BY CHRISTOPHER DREW, ELIZABETH BECKER and SANDRA BLAKESLEE, New York Times via St. Paul Pioneer Press, 12/28/03
Opinion: Courts putting brakes to Bush's assaults on environment Salt Lake City, UT -- by Jim DiPeso, Salt Lake Tribune, 12/28/03
Return of the thunderbirds PORTLAND, Ore. -- BY WILLIAM MCCALL, Associated Press via St. Paul Pioneer Press, 12/28/03
Program bolstered by DNR funding Madison, WI -- By Ben Jones, Appleton-Neenah-Menasha Post-Crescent, 12/28/03
Hunting for space Northern Minnesota -- by CHRIS NISKANEN, St. Paul Pioneer Press, 12/28/03
DNR proposes new trout stream rules St. Paul, MN -- BY CHRIS NISKANEN, St. Paul Pioneer Press, 12/28/03
Scientist's idea bubbled to surface Stevens Point, WI -- By SUSAN KAMPMEIER, Stevens Point Journal, 12/27/03
Battle looms over soil use as Ankeny expands north Ankeny, IA -- By MELANIE LAGESCHULTE, Des Moines Register, 12/27/03
Melting pot often heated Postville, Iowa -- By Dan Mihalopoulos, Chicago Tribune, 12/26/03
How Polluted is Your Body? SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- by BY PAUL ELIAS, Associated Press via Chicago Sun Times, 12/26/03
Mad Cow Case May Bring More Meat Testing, NEW YORK, NY -- By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., NY Times, 12/26/03
Postville City Council meet [Industrial Wastewater Treatment Project] Postville, IA -- by Sharon Drahn, Postville Herald Leader, 12/24/03
Court blocks new rules for air WASHINGTON, DC -- By CHRISTOPHER LEE, Washington Post via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, 12/24/03
Soot Blamed For Global Warming WASHINGTON, Associated Press via CBS News, 12/23/03
Imagine -- Wisconsin weather will match Arkansas -- Madison, WI, By Anita Weier, 12/22/03
Ruling may end barges in summer WASHINGTON, DC -- By BILL LAMBRECHT, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 12/21/03
Judge stands by his snowmobiling rule; blames feds for timing WASHINGTON, DC -- BY Scott McMillion, Bozeman Daily Chronicle, 12/23/03
Madigan files lawsuit to clean up hog waste PRINCETON, IL -- by Associated Press via Chicago Daily Southtown, 12/21/03
[Washington County Bans ATV Ditch-Driving] Stillwater, MN -- by Mary Devine, St. Paul, Pioneer Press, 12/21/03
County engineer heard ATV riders' complaints Washington Co., MN -- by Mary Devine, St. Paul, Pioneer Press, 12/21/03
Conservationists applaud Bush reversal on wetlands protection -- St. PAUL, MN,
BY CHRIS NISKANEN, St. Paul Pioneer Press, 12/21/03
Q-C
Drum lifts environmental cloud Davenport, IA --
By Deirdre Cox Baker, Quad-Cities Times, 12/21/03
Changing
Hands Ames, IA -- By JERRY PERKINS, Des Moines Register,
12/21/03
Study
looks at economic options for rural Iowa Des Moines, IA
-- By ANNE FITZGERALD, Des Moines Register, 12/21/03
Buying
Woodland and Meadow to Save the City's Water, NEW YORK,
NY -- By LISA W. FODERARO, NY Times, 12/20/03
Deal
reached on DNR permit overhaul MADISON, WI - by Associated
Press via Green Bay Gazette, 12/20/03
Manure-free
hog unit planned Eldora, IA -- By JERRY PERKINS, Des Moines
Register, 12/19/03
Scientists:
Reduce Missouri flows WASHINGTON By Libby Quaid,
Associated Press via Rapid City Journal, 12/19/03
City
denies wetland permit problems Winona, MN -- By Jeff Dankert,
Winona Daily News, 12/19/03
The
Cartoonist Who Fought Dams Hard Washington, DC -- By Michael
Grunwald, Washington Post, 12/18/03
Trapshooters
keep hunting for a home Grant, WI -- By SUSAN KAMPMEIER,
Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune, 121/18/03
State
toxicologist tells Calumet residents to test well water
CHILTON, WI -- by By Myrna Collins, Appleton- Neenah-Menasha
Post-Crescent, 12/18/03
Mixed
ruling made on Missouri River flow
WASHINGTON -- By Bill Lambrecht, St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
12/18/03
Rules
would limit conservation program WASHINGTON, DC -- By
PHILIP BRASHER, Des Moines Register, 12/18/03
Opinion:
Rescuing Wetlands New York, NY -- by Editorial Board,
New York Times, 12/18/03
Bridge's
arch placement woos crowds LA CROSSE, Wis. -- By Ed Hoskin,
Lee Newspapers via Winona Daily News, 12/18/03
State
agency cleans up waste tires in Warren County Warren Co.,
MO -- by St. Louis Business Journal, 12/18/03
Decision
On Marion Landfill May Come On Friday MARION, IL -- By
John D. Homan, The Southern Illinoisan, 12/17/03
Grassley
Objects to Limited CSP Washington, DC -- by Iowa Senator
Charles Grassley, U.S. Senate, 12/17/03
Mississippi
River Bridge Project Web cast [2 segments, 6 hours total,
scrollable] LA CROSSE, WI -- by Wisconsin Department of Transportation,
12/17/03
EPA
Scraps Changes To Clean Water Act Washington, DC -- By
Eric Pianin, Washington Post, 12/17/03
Vigil
for violators Elizabethtown, NC -- By Greg Barnes, Fayetteville
(N.C.) Observer, 12/17/03
Series:
New
cash crop raises a stink, 12/14/03
Factory
farms take hold, 12/16/03
Prince
of Pork takes pride in the industry he helped build,
12/16/03
U.S.
Won't Narrow Wetlands Protection WASHINGTON, DC --By FELICITY
BARRINGER, New York Times, 12/17/03
Wetlands
solution needs cooperative effort ST. PAUL, MN -- BY CHRIS
NISKANEN, St. Paul Pioneer Press, 12/17/03
White
House seeks cuts in USDA grants DES MOINES, IA -- By JERRY
PERKINS, Des Moines Register, 12/16/03
State
panel denies permit to hog farmer Humboldt County, IA
-- By PERRY BEEMAN, Des Moines Register, 12/16/03
Poplar
trees may be new draw for pig farms WHITAKERS, N.C.
By Estes Thompson, Associated Press via Environmental News
Network, 12/16/03
USDA
Announces Sign-Up For Hardwood Tree Initiative To Restore
Up To 500,000 Acres Of River Floodplains Natchez, MS --
via Pat Nunnally, Upper Mississippi American Heritage River
Listserv, 12/16/03
Lock
and Dam #19 Keokuk, IA -- by News staff, Fort Madison
Daily Democrat, 12/16/03
Clean
Water Act changes threaten hunting BISMARCK, ND
by Delta Waterfowl via ESPN Outdoors, 12/15/03
Opinion:
What if we run out of soil? Holmes County, Ohio -- By
Gary Mast [president of the National Association of Conservation
Districts], Washington Times, 12/15/03
Feds,
Southern spar over rules WASHINGTON, DC -- By MARGARET
NEWKIRK, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 12/15/03
Iowa
Statehouse News Des Moines, IA -- by Greg Stevens, Iowa
House of Representatives, 12/15/03
Wetland
oversight remains murky WINONA, MN -- By Jeff Dankert,
Winona Daily News, 12/14/03
Life
on a barge means spending about half of every year away from
family. St. Paul, MN -- by Ellen Tomson, St. Paul Pioneer
Press, 12/14/03
Pipeline
builders, state settle lawsuit over environmental violations
MADISON, WI -- Associated Press via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
12/14/03
Aphid
outbreak infests finances AMES, IA -- By ANNE FITZGERALD,
Des Moines Register,
12/14/03
Timeline
of the Emerson Bridge Cape Girardeau, MO -- by Sharon
Sanders, SE Missourian, 12/12/03
Scientists
give corps locks plan another bad review WASHINGTON, DC
-- By SARA SHIPLEY, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 12/12/03
Opinion:
Relaxing mercury emissions rule is wrong ST. PAUL, MN
-- by Editorial Board, St. Paul Pioneer Press, 12/12/03
Group
criticizes Corps' plans WASHINGTON, DC -- By PERRY BEEMAN,
Des Moines Register, 12/12/03
New
way to handle hog waste WHITAKERS, NC -- By TOM MURPHY,
Rocky Mount Telegram, 12/12/03
Groups
cry foul on `Job' bill
MADISON, WI - By Tom Sheehan, The Journal Times [Racine],
12/12/03
Clean
Water panel to meet Thursday Jefferson City, MO -- by
Jefferson City News Tribune, 12/10/03
UN
to Launch $600M Clean Water Fund for Africa Nairobi
-- by Cathy Majtenyi, Voice of America, 12/9/03
Review
of the U.S. Army Corps of EngineersUpper Mississippi-Illinois Waterway RestructuredFeasibility Study: Interim Report WASHINGTON, DC -- by
National Research Council, 12/5/03
Mississippi
River modernization plan flawed-panel WASHINGTON, DC --
By Christopher Doering Reuters, 12/11/03
Panel
Eyes New Tolls on Mississippi River WASHINGTON, DC --
By LIBBY QUAID, Associated Press via Yahoo News, 12/11/03
Dorr
named adviser to Veneman at USDA WASHINGTON, DC -- By
PHILIP BRASHER. Des Moines Register, 12/11/03
Durbin
defends energy vote CHICAGO, IL-- BY CHARLYN FARGO, Copley
News Service via The Lincoln Courier, 12/10/03
Scientists
amazed at nitrate persistence AMES, Iowa -- by UPI via
Washington Times, 12/10/03
Old
Soil Study Uncovers Value of Long-term Nitrate Research
AMES, IA -- BY Luis Pons, USDA Agricultural Research Service,
12/10/03
Hastert
to farmers: Let Durbin have it! CHICAGO, IL-- BY CHARLYN
FARGO, Copley News Service via The Lincoln Courier, 12/09/03
Pawlenty's
clean-water plan in trouble with farmers, feds
ST. PAUL, MN -- by Conrad deFiebre, Minneapolis Star Tribune,
12/09/03
Consumers
Prefer Locally Grown Foods AMES, Ia -- News release by
Iowa State University via Newswise, 12/09/03
Most
radium cleanup plans are in MADISON, WI -- By DARRYL ENRIQUEZ,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel [registration req'd.], 12/09/03
Lefse
& römmegröt: Celebrate another year of BALMM
accomplishments, by Norman Senjem, balmm currents, 12/09/03
Fewer
polluters punished under Bush, records show WASHINGTON,
DC --
By SETH BORENSTEIN, Knight Ridder Newspapers via St. Paul
Pioneer Press, 12/08/03
Kerry,
Lieberman top environmental scores WASHINGTON, DC -- By
PERRY BEEMAN, Des Moines Register, 12/08/03
Gas-station
owner gets final OK to clean up 2001 spill AURORA, IL
-- By Hal Dardick, Chicago Tribune [registration req'd.],
12/08/03
Water
works: Traveling exhibit teaches kids about Missouri River
BOZEMAN, MT, By NICK GEVOCK Bozeman Daily Chronicle, 12/08/03
What
is clean water worth? ST. PAUL, MN -- BY DENNIS LIEN,
St. Paul Pioneer Press, 12/07/03
Tribes
celebrate end of mine saga ASHWAUBENON, WI By Richard
Ryman. Green Bay Press-Gazette, 12/07/03
LEFTOVER
LESSONS [school lunch compost] Dakota County, MN -- BY
TAMMY J. OSEID, St. Paul Pioneer Press, 12/07/03
Export
outlook for American agriculture sales hangs in jeopardy
Ames, IA -- By JERRY PERKINS, Des Moines Register, 12/07/03
New
steamline project heats up environmental debate in Rochester
ROSCHESTER, MN -- by Rob Schmitz, Minnesota Public Radio,
12/0703
Residents
might pay to protect waters Winona, MN -- By David Krotz
of the Winona Daily News, 12/06/03
U.S.
panel sides with Dana farmer Dana, IA -- By PERRY BEEMAN,
Des Moines Register, 12/06/03
Cleaner
water urged, yet state lacks cash Central Iowa -- By PERRY
BEEMAN, Des Moines Register, 12/05/03
USDA
Nears Completion Of New Farm Conservation Rule WASHINGTON,
DC -- by CropDecisions.com / Doane Agricultural Services,
12/05/03
Editorial:
Mercurial regulation ST. LOUIS, MO -- by Editorial Board,
St. Louis Post Dispatch, 12/04/03
DNR
keeps eye on underground tanks SCOTT COUNTY, IA -- By
Phil Roberts, North Scott Press, 12/03/03
Vilsack
pushes value-added farm products DES MOINES, IA -- By
JERRY PERKINS, Des Moines Register, 12/03/03
Former
DNR officer has many tales to spin ST. CLOUD, MN -- by
CHRIS NISKANEN, St. Paul Pioneer Press, 12/03/03
Russia
Signals Support for Global Warming Treaty MOSCOW -- By
Peter Baker, Washington Post, 12/03/03
University
of Missouri study finds: Barge schedules could cut river congestion,
spending St. Louis, MO -- by Associated Press via Jefferson
City News Tribune, 12/02/03
Barge
traffic doesn't warrant big river projects, group says
St. Louis, MO -- By BILL LAMBRECHT, St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
12/02/03
Minnesota
farmers accused of defraduing U.S. of $4 million Minneapolis,
MN -- by Eric Wieffering, Minneapolis Star Tribune [registration
req'd.], 12/02/03
Bay
Foundation Petitions EPA To Enforce Clean Water Act ANNAPOLIS,
MD -- by Associated Press via WBAL Channel.com, 12/02/03
Ramirez's
Environment Cartoon Surprises Some Los Angeles, CA --
Letters by Readers, Los Angeles Times [registration req'd.],
12/02/03
Wetlands
in danger Jackson, MS -- By GREG HARMAN
The Biloxi (Miss.) Sun Herald via St. Paul Pioneer Press,
12/01/03
Gutted
Los Angeles, CA -- Editorial Cartoon by Michael Ramirez, Los
Angeles Times [registration req'd.], 11/29/03HIV/AIDS
sufferers' families deal with rural perceptions Albert
Lea, MN -- By Benjamin Dipman, Albert Lea Tribune, 12/01/03
Livelihoods,
lives hang on studies of hog lots Bayard, Ia. -- By PERRY
BEEMAN
Des Moines Register, 11/30/03
'Superbug'
could clean radioactive sites WASHINGTON, DC -- BY ROBERT
S. BOYD, St. Paul Pioneer Press, 11/30/03
Rural
woman might be the next Martha Stewart Moscow, ID -- BY
NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, Associated Press via St. Paul Pioneer
Press, 11/29/03
Millions
could be spent to correct contaminated groundwater Madison,
WI -- By Associated Press and Green Bay Press-Gazette, 11/26/03
Grassley
adds millions for rain forest to bill Washington, D.C.
By JANE NORMAN, Des Moines Register, 11/26/03
FOOD
SAFETY: Mislabeled ground beef recalled in three states
Dodge City, KS -- by Lee Egerstrom, St. Paul Pioneer Press,
11/27/03
Cargill-Monsanto
venture weak ST. LOUIS, MO BY JIM SUHR, Associated
Press via St. Paul Pioneer Press, 11/27/03
Lawmakers
urge Bush not to alter Clean Water Act rules WASHINGTON,
DC -- By John Heilprin, Associated Press via Boston Globe,
11/26/03
Vilsack
hears ideas on water quality Ames, Ia. -- By PERRY BEEMAN,
Des Moines Register, 11/25/03
Senate
Gives Up on Energy Bill for 2003 WASHINGTON, DC -- By
H. JOSEF HEBERT
Associated Press via Des Moines Register, 11/25/03
Water
bottling challenge has a familiar cast Langlade County,
WI -- By LEE BERGQUIST, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11/24/03
Year
end Conservation Highlights for Wisconsin MADISON, WI
-- by Renae Anderson, NRCS Wisconsin, 11/24/03
Provision
on gasoline additive may be cut from energy bill WASHINGTON,
D.C. -- by H. Josef Hebert, Associated Press via Minneapolis
Star Tribune [registration req'd.], 11/24/03
SPECIES
SURVIVORS St. Paul, MN -- BY DENNIS LIEN, St. Paul Pioneer
Press, 11/24/03
Asian
carp invasion BOONVILLE, Mo -- BY DENNIS LIEN, St. Paul
Pioneer Press, 11/23/03
Study:
Iowans value lakes with clean water Ames, Ia. -- By PERRY
BEEMAN, Des Moines Register, 11/23/03
Organic
agriculture gains on traditional Ames, Ia. -- By ANNE
FITZGERALD, Des Moines Register, 11/23/03
U.S.
grain exporters to pay dearly for labels Ames, Ia. --
By ANNE FITZGERALD, Des Moines Register, 11/23/03
Opinion:
Save the Conservation Security Program -- by the Editorial
Board, NY Times [registration req'd.], 11/22/03
Support
faded when details came to light WASHINGTON, DC -- By
BILL LAMBRECHt, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 11/22/03
Weighing
unsavory options to clean water supply Waukesha County,
WI -- By DAN EGAN, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11/22/03
Bill
to study water supplies becomes law SPRINGFIELD, IL --
By KATE CLEMENTS, Champaign NEWS-GAZETTE, 11/21/03
Northeast-Midwest
Agriculture and Nutrition Update WASHINGTON, DC -- by
Allen Hance, Northeast-Midwest Institute, 11/21/03
Iowa
Statehouse News Des Moines, IA -- by Greg Stevens, Iowa
House of Representatives, 11/21/03
Filibuster
Blocks $31 Billion Energy Bill in Senate WASHINGTON, DC
--
By CARL HULSE, NY Times [registration req'd.], 11/21/03
LCV
Urges Senators to Filibuster Energy "Pollution"
Bill WASHINGTON, DC -- by Chuck Porcari, League of Conservation
Voters, 11/20/03
Kind
Secures $19 Million for Upper Mississippi [EMP] Restoration
WASHINGTON, DC -- by Stephanie Lundberg, Office of Rep. Ron
Kind [WI-3], 11/20/03
Group
Asks Senate to Kill Energy Bill ALBUQUERQUE, NM -- By
SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN, Associated Press via Guardian Unlimited,
11/20/03
Ethanol
lures, MTBE repels US energy bill votes WASHINGTON, DC
-- By Charles Abbott and Tom Doggett, Reuters via Agriculture
Online, 11/20/03
Wetland's
End WASHINGTON, DC -- By Amanda Griscom, Grist Magazine,
11/19/03
GRPUC
evaluates Mississippi River dissolved oxygen levels GRAND
RAPIDS, MN -- By Willow Sedore, Grand Rapids Herald-Review,
11/19/03
[Request
for calls of support for] Minnesota's CREP Application
WINONA, MN -- by Robin Grawe, MRCC, 11/19/03
Rain
forest project financing dropped from bill Washington,
DC -- By JANE NORMAN, Des Moines Register, 11/19/03
Senate
procedure kills vote on Dorr Washington, DC -- By JANE
NORMAN, Des Moines Register, 11/19/03
Pioneer
offers 40 corn hybrids that resist popular herbicide Des
Moines, IA -- By ANNE FITZGERALD, Des Moines Register, 11/19/03
ACLU
reports AIDS discrimination rife in rural America LINCOLN,
NE, by AP via CNN International, 11/18/03
Gutknecht
Secures EMP Dollars Washington, DC -- by Bryan Anderson,
Office of Rep. Gil Gutknecht [MN-1], 11/18/03
balmm
currents Newsletter Rochester, MN -- by Norman Senjum,
Basin Alliance for the Lower Mississippi in Minnesota, 11/18/03
River-protection
programs get boost from settlement ALTON, IL -- By Linda
Weller, The Telegraph, 11/18/03
Students
earn national award WEST BRANCH, IA -- By Mike McWilliams,
Iowa City Press-Citizen, 11/18/03
Vilsack
hails program for saving money, environment IOWA CITY,
IA -- by Associated Press via Sioux City Journal, 11/18/03
Farmers
rap proposed livestock-pollution rules Des Moines, IA
-- By PERRY BEEMAN, Des Moines Register, 11/18/03
Stockton
septage request denied
Portage Co., WI -- By KATE GARSOMBKE and SUSAN KAMPMEIER,
Stevens Point Journal, 11/18/03
Opinion:
A Shortage of Energy
New York, NY-- by Editorial Board, NY Times, [registration
req'd.], 11/18/03
14
States Seek Stall in EPA Rule Change WASHINGTON, DC --
By DEVLIN BARRETT, Associated Press via Des Moines Register,
11/17/03
Energy
sector's campaign donations at issue as compromise vote nears
Washington, DC -- By David Pace, Associated Press via Boston
Globe, 11/17/2003
3
land farms concern neighbors DAWN, MO -- By JOE BLUMBERG,
St. Joseph News-Press, 11/16/03
Manure
haulers smell cash in new environmental rules FREDERICKSBURG,
IA -- By MATTHEW WILDE, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, 11/16/03
ST.
CROIX RIVER: Boaters group sees no need for speed limits
Stillwater, MN --
BY MARY DIVINE, St. Paul Pioneer Press, 11/16/03
GOP
energy bill bringing goodies to utilities, oilmen Washington,
DC -- BY SETH BORENSTEIN and SUMANA CHATTERJEE, St. Paul Pioneer
Press, 11/16/03
Expert:
Small farms are still a big market West Des Moines, IA
-- By JERRY PERKINS, Des Moines Register, 11/16/2003
Taft
to pursue $6B for Great Lakes plan Toledo, OH -- by DAVE
ZAPOTOSKY, Toledo Blade, 11/15/03
Are
family farms destined for extinction? Centerville, IA
-- By Dan Ehl, Daily Iowegian, 11/13/03
Tests
find perchlorate in more wells in Hills -- Hills, IA
By PERRY BEEMAN, Des Moines Register, 11/13/2003
Study:
Women Eating Contaminated Fish Have More Breast Cancer
Green Bay, WI -- by Clean Water Action Council of Northeast
Wisconsin via Environmental News Network, 11/11/03
Study
says birds thrive along Missouri JEFFERSON CITY, MO --
by Associated Press, 11/11/02
Take
the Harkin Challenge Iowa City, IA -- by Teresa Opheim,
Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working Group, 11/11/03
Opinion:
What happened to our conservation ethic? Lincoln, NE --
By Charles Francis, Prairie Writers Circle via Working for
Change, 11/11/03
Opinion:
River Blindnes, The Army Corps of Engineers' continuing campaign
to pour concrete into the Mississippi Washington, DC --
By Michael Grunwald, MSN, 11/10/03
Study
links breast cancer, Fox River fish Madison, WI -- Green
Bay News-Chronicle, 11/10/03
New
water filtration system is welcomed Mounds View, MN --
BY ALLEN POWELL II,
St. Paul Pioneer Press, 11/10/03
Little
changes have big impact on environment New York , NY --
by JANE BRODY via St. Paul Pioneer Press, 11/10/03
Village
wants to clean up creek Manhattan, IL -- by Laura Irvine,
Daily Southtown, 11/09/03
Greening
up golf courses Madison, WI -- By MIKE JOHNSON, Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel, 11/09/03
Editorial:
Toxic policy/EPA goes easy on a weedkiller MINNEAPOLIS,
MN -- Minneapolis Star Tribune [registration req'd.], 11/08/03
Opinion:
The Fruits of Secrecy NEW YORK, NY -- The NY Times, [registration
req'd.], 11/08/03
Protecting
Dutchtown's past
Stillwater, MN -- BY MARY DIVINE, St. Paul Pioneer Press,
11/07/03
Opinion:
Pollution foe to visit, take a dip here MADISON, WI --
by Rob Zaleski. The Capital Times, 11/07/03
Failed
dairy farm becomes case study Antelope County, NE -- BY
SCOTT BAUER, The Associated Press via Lincoln Journal Star,
11/07/03
Officials
demand explanation of Missouri River study changes BISMARCK,
N.D. -- by Associated Press via Lincoln Journal Star, 11/07/03
May
nabs top award for environmental work Lake County, IL
-- Higland Park News, 11/06/03
Harkin
Fights for CSP Des Moines, IA -- by Dan Looker, Successful
Farming, 11/05/03
November
2003 Newsletter, Walthill NE -- Center for Rural Affairs,
11/05/03
Wetland
Draining May Have Hurt Crops Fort Collins, CO --by MALCOLM
RITTER, AP via Grand Forks Herald, 11/05/03
Settlement
agreement with Missouri DNR results from meeting Moberly,
MO -- by Moberly Monitor Index, 11/05/03
Environmentalists
Dislike Energy Bill WASHINGTON, DC -- By H. JOSEF HEBERT,
AP via Des Moines Register, 11/05/03
EPA
postpones soil removal at Cass Lake Superfund site Cass
Lake, Minn. by Tom Robertson, Minnesota Public Radio,
11/05/03
Wind
Power to Clean Up Munitions Site Mead, NE -- by SolarAccess.com,
11/04/03
Feds
OK Arsenic-Treated Play Gear WASHINGTON, DC, WCCO via
AP, 11/04/03
River
Politics St. Paul, MN -- Gretchen Bonfert, McKnight Foundation
via missriver-l, 11/04/03
New
BALMM Currents Issue Available. Rochester, MN -- Norman
Senjum, BALMM, 11/04/03
Water
testing indicates farms aren't only source of nitrates in
rivers Story City, IA -- By Heather Lilienthal and Dale
Johnson, Iowa Farm Bureau Spokesman, 11/03/03
Kerry
Spells Out River Protection Plan By MIKE GLOVER, AP via
Newsday, 11/03/03
MPCA
Enforcement Actions Total Nearly $400,000 in 23 Cases for
the Third Quarter 2003 St. Paul, Minn. -- MPCA news release,
Stephen Mikkelson, 11/03/03)
Toxic
Immunity Sauk Prairie,
WI -- Jon R. Luoma, Mother Jones, 11/03/03
Mississippi
Scenic Riverway: Many question future of river Collegeville,
MN -- (By Kirsti Marohn, St. Cloud Times, 11/03/03
Bicyclists
Seek Punishment for D.J.'s St. Louis, MO -- (NY Times,
[registration req'd.], 11/03/03
Organic
gains ground Odebolt, Ia. - By ANNE FITZGERALD, Des Moines
Register, 11/02/03
Origin
labels divide farmers
Des Moines, IA -- By JERRY PERKINS, Des Moines Register, 11/02/03
Dawn
of a new day CHICAGO, IL -- By Michael Drakulich, The
Star, 11/02/03
Editorial:
Promising Vote on Global Warming Washington, DC -- by
Editorial Board, New York Times [registration req'd.], 11/01/03
Regulators
to Let Maker Test Chemical Levels Washington, DC -- By
Emily Green, Los Angeles Times [registration req'd.], 11/01/03
Go-ahead
for power plants draws criticism Caledonia, WI -- By ANDY
TURNER, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11/01/03
EPA
decides against restricting use of weedkiller atrazine
WASHINGTON (AP) by Associated Press via New Orleans
Times-Picayune, 10/31/03
Opinion:
Farm Bureau Supports Lock-and-Dam System on Major Rivers
Madison, WI -- (Wisconsin Ag Connection, 10/31/03
New
lobbying group focuses on state lakes Storm Lake, Ia.
- By PERRY BEEMAN, Des Moines Register, 10/30/03
River
navigation draws crowds and questions La Crosse, WI --
By BETSY BLOOM, La CrosseTribune, 10/30/03
Microbe
Munches Coal Pollutants Ithaca, NY -- By Kate Dalke, Genome
News Network, 10/30/03
State
water board lets builder destroy wetlands Virginia Beach,
VA -- BY REX SPRINGSTON, Richmond Times-Dispatch, 10/29/03)
Official
proposes merging 2 agencies ST. PAUL, MN - BY DENNIS LIEN,
St. Paul Pioneer Press, 10/29/03
Alliant
faces Clean Water lawsuit Madison, WI -- By Mike Ivey,
The Capital Times, 10/29/03
Bicycle
pathway stalled Baton Rouge, LA -- By DERRICK NUNNALLY,
Baton Rouge Advocate, 10/29/03
Canton
officials weigh water system engineering proposal CANTON,
IL -- By JOHN FROEHLING, Canton Daily Ledger, 10/29/03
Cement
plant project faces big hurdle Wednesday BLOOMSDALE, Mo.
- By SARA SHIPLEY, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 10/28/03
Farm
groups united in opposition to Pawlenty's land set-aside plan
Benson, MN -- by Swift County Monitor-News, 10/28/03
Tribes'
purchase ends Crandon mine tussle
Madison, WI - By AMY RINARD and MEG JONES, Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel, 10/28/03
Leavitt
Confirmed as Head of EPA Washington, DC -- By Eric Pianin,
Washington Post, 10/28/03
Nalco
Receives Illinois Governor's Pollution Prevention Award NAPERVILLE,
IL, PRNewswire, 10/28/03
Energy
Bill Snarled In Tax Rebate Split WASHINGTON, DC -- by
Wisconsin Ag Connection via USAgNet, 10/27/03
Teachers
winging it LaSalle County, IL -- [whooping cranes] By
ANTOINETTE RAHN, Central Wisconsin Sunday, 10/26/03
Cedar
Rapids export company serves Muslims worldwide Cedar Rapids,
Ia. - By ANNE FITZGERALD, Des Moines Register, 10/26/03
Harkin
targets Dorr vote again Washington, D.C. - By PHILIP BRASHER,
Des Moines Register, 10/25/03
Keeping
the water safe Milwaukee, WI (By Becca Mader, Business
Journal of Milwaukee via MSNBC, 10/25/03
Grimm
leaves Grand Excursion post WINONA, MN -- By Jerome Christenson,
Winona Daily News, 10/25/03
Judge
accepts EPA, Xcel settlement over French Island plant
MADISON By KEVIN MURPHY, LaCrosse Tribune, 10/24/03
U.S.
states sue federal government over greenhouse gases LOS
ANGELES By Nigel Hunt, Reuters via ENN, 10/24/03
Conflict
of interest? WINONA, MN -- By Jeff Dankert, Winona Daily
News, 10/24/03
'Invest
in kids' taken literally
BY MAJA BECKSTROM, St, Paul Pioneer Press, 10/24/0
Audubon
pre-Corps Meeting Briefing, Tuesday, October 28th ST.
PAUL, MN --Jessie Meschievitz, Audubon-Upper Mississippi River
Campaign, 10/24/03
Corps
reveals locks options to the public Davenport, IA - By
Thomas Geyer, Quad Cities Times, 10/23/03
Corps
plan to include river restoration ideas PEORIA, IL - By
ELAINE HOPKINS, Peoria Journal Star, 10/23/03
Carp
barrier on Mississippi could cost $25 million ST. PAUL,
MN - Tom Meersman, Minneapolis Star Tribune [registration
req'd.], 10/23/03
Lake
City landfill leaking LAKE CITY, MO -- By James Dornbrook,
The Examiner, 10/22/03
City
okays wetland plat
Storm Lake , Ia -- By: Steve Hermann, Storm Lake Pilot Tribune,
10/21/03
Corps
floats river improvement plans ST. LOUIS, MO -- By JEFF
LATZKE, Associated Press via Peoria Journal Star, 10/21/03
Corps
offers proposals for river's future St. Louis, MO - By
Sara Shipley, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 10/21/03
IFOAM
seeks an Executive Director Bonn, Germany - Neil Sorensen,
IFOAM, 10/20/03
Opinion:
Give no break for MTBE leaks by big-oil industry Bloomington,
IL -- By Editoral Board, The Pantagraph, 10/20/03
Going
organic HARCOURT, Ia By DAWN THOMPSON, Fort Dodge
Messenger, 10/20/03
Corps'
plans for Mississippi involve restoration, navigation
St. Louis, MO - By Sara Shipley, St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
10/19/03
Crop
waste seen as new resource Washington, D.C. - By PHILIP
BRASHER, , Des Moines Register, 10/20/03
Carp:
It's what's for dinner -- and it's pretty good CROOKSTON,
MINN. -- Chuck Haga, Minneapolis Star Tribune, 10/20/03
Flush
with success HAWLEY, Minn. by CHRIS NISKANEN, St. Paul
Pioneer Press, 10/19/03
Upscale
housing to meld with wildlife TOWN OF HUDSON, Wis.
BY KEVIN HARTER, St. Paul Pioneer Press, 10/19/03
Landfill
Applies For Operating Permit PERRY COUNTY -- By Christi
Mathis, Southern Illinoisan, 10/17/03
Wildlife
officials drop larvae to assist mussels population
Iowa City, Ia. - By ANELIA K. DIMITROVA, Des Moines Register,
10/16/03
Cat
doesn't dig 'bulldozing bullies' PEORIA, IL - By ANDY
KRAVETZ, Peoria Journal Star, 10/15/03
Agency:
Plum island has Indian burial sites UTICA, IL -- By Scott
Richardson, The Pantagraph, 10/15/03
Bioneers
Conference to focus on ecology, social solutions FAIRFIELD,
IA -- By Erik Gable, Fairfield Daily, 10/14/03
Who'll
pay to clean up the Hematite plant? St. Louis, MO -- Peter
Shinkle, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 10/14/03
Incidence
of asthma higher near hog farms, study finds
IOWA CITY, IA - By PERRY BEEMAN, Des Moines Register, 10/14/03
Plan
would pay farmers to protect wetlands ST. PAUL, MN --
BY ASHLEY H. GRANT, AP via St. Paul Pioneer Press, 10/14/03
Opinion:
Nix automatic DNR permit OK Madison, WI -- By Melissa
K. Scanlan, Columnist, Madison Capital Times, 10/13/03
Drowning
in water bills By MARY CHALLENDER, Des Moines Register,
10/13/03
Opinion:
EPA nominee's blacktop legacy SALT LAKE CITY -- By Ellen
Goodman, Boston Globe, 10/12/03
Study
finds concern on water issues HOMER, IL By J. PHILIP
BLOOMER, THE CHAMPAIGN NEWS-GAZETTE, 10/12/03
OCTOBER
15 BALMM MEETING HIGHLIGHTS: by Norman Senjum, BALMM Currents,
10/10/03
Abiding
by state rules puts livestock producer in middle of controversy
Atlantic, Ia -- By Dale Johnson, Iowa Farm Bureau Spokesman,
10/10/03
Endangered
plants put hold on Will County power plant Elwood, IL
-- BY GARY WISBY, Chicago Sun-Times, 10/10/03
Illinois
lawyer ordered to restore damaged wetland by Milwaukee
Journal Sentinal, 10/10/03
Many
in town turn against farmer after learning of hog confinement
Belmond, Ia. - By JENNIFER DUKES LEE, Des Moines Register,
10/09/03
Inventor
starts floating vegetable farm CLAYTON, IA By MATTHEW
WILDE, Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier, 10/05/03
State
rule changes delay the pollution cleanup project Coon
Rapids, MN -- Pollution cleanup work on a portion of Coon
Rapids Boulevard, west of the Coon Rapids Shopping Center,
has been delayed. (by Peter Bodley, Coon Rapids Herald, 10/09/03)
Major
effort to clean up waterways begins Cedar Rapids, Ia.
- A massive new effort to clean up Iowa's water began Tuesday
night in Cedar Rapids. Gov. Tom Vilsack ordered state biologists
to work with farm, environmental and industry groups to clean
up nearly 200 Iowa rivers, lakes and streams that are on a
federal list of seriously polluted waters. (By PERRY BEEMAN,
Des Moines Register, 10/08/03)
The
SI Utility Group, L.L.C. Announces the Acquisition of Envirosystems
International, Inc. ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL Envirosystems
International, Inc., of Orlando, Florida. Envirosystems operates
more than 100 wastewater and drinking water facilities throughout
Florida. With the acquisition, The SI Utility Group currently
operates more than 280 wastewater, drinking water, and groundwater
remediation systems in Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, California,
and Florida. (SI Utility Group news release, e-Wire, 10/07/03)
Group
hopes to rehab creek PORTAGE CO., WI -- John Jazdzewski
remembers fishing in Mill Creek. Now listed as an impaired
water with the Environmental Protection Agency, Mill Creek
is considered unsafe for swimming and fishing. But Jazdzewski
and other members of the Friends of the Mill Creek Watershed
Inc. are working to clean up the Mill Creek Watershed and
improve its flow and water quality. (BY GENA KITTNER, Stevens
Point Journal, 10/06/03)
Opinion:
Democrats' Duty on Energy So the Democrats can act in
unison, after all. Last week, Democrats on the Senate Environment
and Public Works Committee, plus the independent James Jeffords,
boycotted a meeting at which Republicans had hoped to endorse
the nomination of Michael Leavitt as the new boss of the Environmental
Protection Agency. (By Editorial Board, NY Times [registration
req'd.], 10/06/03)
Farmers
dive in to aid Mill Creek water quality PORTAGE CO.,
WI -- Farmers are redirecting their field runoff to improve
water quality in Mill Creek and other bodies of water in central
Wisconsin. The Environmental Protection Agency lists Mill
Creek as an impaired water, and it is unsafe for people to
fish or swim there. (By Gena Kittner, Wisconsin Rapids Daily
Tribune, 10/05/03)
Last
Day To Comment On Marion Lake MARION, IL -- Today is the
final day for the public to offer comments on the building
of the long-delayed Marion city lake. Once the comments are
evaluated, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency will
have to decide whether to issue a Clean Water Act permit to
build the lake on Sugar Creek near Creal Springs. (BY KEN
SEEBER, THE SOUTHERN ILLINOISAN, 10/05/03)
Reward
program still waiting for money (Iowa's senators disagree
on whether the $53 million legislation will be scaled back.)
Washington, D.C. - A landmark program designed to reward farmers
for good environmental practices has yet to pay growers a
dime, nearly 18 months after it was enacted. (By PHILIP BRASHER,
Des Moines Register, 10/05/03)
Prairie
chicken hunt celebrates bird's Minnesota restoration As
a founding member of the Minnesota Prairie Chicken Society,
Dan Svedarsky long has carried the torch for prairie grouse.
A professor of natural resources at the University of Minnesota-Crookston,
Svedarsky has devoted much of his professional career to the
prairie chicken. (BY BRAD DOKKEN Grand Forks Herald via St.
Paul Pioneer Press, 10/05/03)
The
fight for Island 42 Weaver Bottoms, Minn. This
sandy, windswept island is a desolate place. It's hardly eye-catching.
It doesn't have a name; it has a number. But that doesn't
stop Mike Pappas from nick-naming Island 42 'the Taj Mahal'
of turtle nesting.
by Rob Schmitz, Minnesota Public Radio, 10/03/03)
EPA
sues Alltel for pollution violations LITTLE ROCK (AP)
-- The Alltel Corp. telecommunications company would pay a
$1,058,000 fine and carry out anti-pollution audits nationwide
under a settlement with the federal Environmental Protection
Agency, the agency said Thursday. (By Associated Press via
Baxter [AR] Bulletin, 10/03/03)
Ex-Iowan's
gift helps extend bird sanctuary Westfield, Ia - A former
Iowan's $200,000 donation helped add hundreds of acres to
an important Iowa bird sanctuary in the Loess Hills. (By PERRY
BEEMAN, Des Moines Register, 10/02/03)
MISSOURI
RIVER MANAGEMENT: Study: Reassess barge support PIERRE,
S.D. - Government support for barge traffic on the Missouri
River needs to be reassessed in the wake of a continuing decline
in barge shipping, according to a study. (By Chet Brokaw
Associated Press via Grand Forks Herald, 10/02/03)
Stop
blame game, Rep. Erickson says (Legislator defends
county in front of sewer board; targets attorney) GARRISON,
MN -
Rep. Sondra Erickson, R-Princeton, (pictured) took an opportunity
last Thursday to return rhetorical fire on Garrison-area sewer
board officials, specifically sewer district attorney Linda
Osburn. (by Vivian Clark, Mille Lacs Messenger, 10/01/03)
U.S.
Braces for Farm Trade Suits After WTO Failure
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After failed global trade talks in
Mexico, the Bush administration is anticipating lawsuits by
developing countries trying to whittle away at rich countries'
agriculture subsidies, a U.S. trade official said on Wednesday.
(By REUTERS via NY Times [registration req'd.], 10/01/03)
Volts
may fend off invading carp St. Paul, MN -- Minnesota natural
resource officials said Tuesday that they are studying the
possibility of building an underwater electric barrier across
the Mississippi River to prevent the northward spread of Asian
carp into the state's waterways. (Tom Meersman and Mark, Minneapolis
Star Tribune, 10/01/03)
US
Energy Bill mired in debate over MTBE and renewable fuels
WASHINGTON Disputes
over whether power companies should be made to use renewable
fuels to make electricity and about liability protection for
makers of a water-contaminating gasoline additive are complicating
negotiations over a far-reaching energy bill. (By Associated
Press via Environment News Network, 10/01/03)
WU
joins effort to use "green" chemistry against pollution
ST. LOUIS, MO - Washington University said Monday that it
is joining a national research consortium whose goal is to
reduce dramatically industrial pollution and eventually save
chemical companies $10 billion a year. (By Rachel Melcer,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 09/29/03)
Experts:
U.S. Agriculture, Food Supply Face Major Dangers and Some
Opportunities From Global Warming
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Falling crop production resulting from
extreme weather events, diseases and pest infestations increasingly
will be fueled by global warming and create an uncertain future
for U.S. agricultural production and the nation's food supplies,
according to leading experts. (News Release, PRN Newswire
via Yahoo Finance, 09/29/03)
Trumpeter
soon to call Iowa home
Webster City, Ia - Washington, D.C., is better known for producing
politicians than wildlife. Thanks to the Smithsonian Institution's
National Zoo there, and former Iowan Debbie Talbott, the nation's
capital also is producing a young trumpeter swan destined
for Iowa. (By JULI PROBASCO-SOWERS, Des Moines Register, 09/29/03)
Mississippi
Delta Slowly Starves
(Louisiana officials seek to reverse effects of levees, drilling)
Caernarvon, La. - In little nibbles and great gulps, the great
Mississippi Delta is disappearing as the salty Gulf of Mexico
invades and corrodes the landscape, a football field every
30 minutes, about 35 square miles a year at the present rate.
(By Candus Thomson, THE BALTIMORE SUN via Newsday, 09/28/03)
Building
on the past (Recreated Ojibwe village yields lessons for
owners, visitors) FLAMBEAU, WI -- Deep in the North Woods
there's a place holding secrets that some people think should
never be revealed. But Nick Hockings would like to tell them
all to you. (BY JACKIE LOOHAUIS, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
via St. Paul Pioneer Press, 09/28/03)
DNR
can search boats ST. PAUL, MN -- The Department of Natural
Resources scored a legal victory last week when the Minnesota
Supreme Court ruled that conservation officers can search
boats with or without the consent of anglers or boat owners.
(BY CHRIS NISKANEN, St. Paul Pioneer Press, 09/28/03)
Seeds
of peace and carrots
(Vedic City residents hope a planned greenhouse will bring
community prosperity and world peace.) Vedic City, Ia. - Construction
will begin this fall on a 100-acre greenhouse project that
aims to create world peace by growing organic vegetables year
round. (By JERRY PERKINS, Des Moines Register, 09/28/03)
Energy
Bill Is Likely to Have Protection on Gasoline Additives
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 Lawmakers and industry lobbyists
said today that they expected the emerging energy measure
to provide liability protection for producers of a gasoline
additive blamed for groundwater contamination as the chief
negotiators said they would like to conclude the energy talks
by next week. (By CARL HULSE, NY Times [registration req'd.],
09/26/03)
Summer
takes toll on lake Des
Moines, Ia - Driven by the curiosity only a scientist could
have, Jay Gilliam, a researcher at Pioneer Hi-Bred International
Inc., used to spend his lunch hours photographing and marveling
at the birds at Johnston's Lake Terra. By LISA LIVERMORE,
Des Moines Register, 09/26/03)
Plans
call for Xcels King Plant to get cleaner OAK PARK
HEIGHTS, MN Although it might not be completely free
of toxic emissions, the exhaust escaping from Xcel Energys
giant smokestack here will soon be as clean as possible. If,
that is, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission approves
the Minnesota Emissions Reduction Project (MERP). (By MIKE
MITCHELSON, Stillwater Gazette, 09/25/03)
Panel
Backs Faster Environment Review
A White House task force yesterday issued scores of proposals
for changing the way one of the country's most important environmental
protection laws is implemented, including possibly simplifying
and speeding up the process of exempting certain government
and commercial projects from environmental review. (By Eric
Pianin, Washington Post, 09/25/03)
Group
gives state failing grade on Clean Water Act
MADISON, Wis. A state environmental group has given
the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources a failing grade
for how it enforces the federal Clean Water Act. (by Associated
Press via St. Paul Pioneer Press, 09/25/03)
Rounds
proposes compromise plan for Missouri flows DAKOTA DUNES
-- Every journey begins with a single step and South Dakota
Gov. Mike Rounds took a big one Wednesday. Rounds said he
is hoping he's en route to a compromise for regulating water
flows on the Missouri River to best serve the varied and sometimes
conflicting needs of all the states and stakeholders along
the river. (By Michele Linck, Souix City Journal, 09/25/03)
Region
filled with 'environmental injustice' (Activist calls
Northwest Indiana one of most polluted areas in the country.)
SOUTH BEND, IN -- Northwest Indiana needs help to avoid further
environmental injustice, activist Betty Balanoff of Hammond
told a University of Notre Dame audience Wednesday. "This
is one of the most polluted areas in the United States,"
she said. (BY GENE STOWE, Munster Times, 09/24/03)
Chesapeake
Bay Protection Affected by Tax Law in Its Surrounding States
WASHINGTON, DC -- Tax policies in the states surrounding the
Chesapeake Bay can contribute to the better conservation practices
promoted by the "Chesapeake 2000" agreement, according
to a new report released by the Environmental Law Institute.
(By AScribe Newswire, 09/24/03)
House
Reins in Army Corps Water Projects WASHINGTON, D.C. -
The House on Wednesday put new reins on the Army Corps of
Engineers in authorizing $4.7 billion in new water projects
over the next 15 years. For the first time, the agency would
be required to submit its environment and cost-benefit studies
on its projects for a review by outside experts. (JOHN HEILPRIN,
Associated Press via Kansas City Star, 09/24/03)
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