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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

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 Xcel’s King Plant to get cleaner OAK PARK HEIGHTS, MN — Although it might not be completely free of toxic emissions, the exhaust escaping from Xcel Energy’s 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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