ST. MARY PARISH òòò½ÊÓƵ”òòò½ÊÓƵ Amid the rapid erosion of Louisianaòòò½ÊÓƵ™s coast, something hopeful is happening where the Atchafalaya River meets the Gulf. A flow of sediment from a decades-old river diversion has accidentally given birth to new wetlands. While that small delta is dwarfed by whatòòò½ÊÓƵ™s washing away all around it, researchers have gained knowledge [òòò½ÊÓƵ¦]
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The Montana Department of Environmental Quality has rejected a petition filed by two river advocacy groups seeking an impairment designation for the Big Hole River tied to nutrients pollution.òòò½ÊÓƵ
A bill to protect Oregon beavers comes with many additional benefits, including cleaner water and fire protection, a conservationist argues.
Opposing views among environmental groups and coastal scientists in Louisiana have spurred intense debates over the use of natural wetlands for wastewater treatment. The conflicts could jeopardize some decades-long efforts to restore the stateòòò½ÊÓƵ™s disappearing coast.
The Upper Missouri Waterkeeper and Big Hole River Foundation have petitioned the Montana Department of Environmental Quality to designate the Big Hole River as 'impaired' because of nutrients pollution.òòò½ÊÓƵ
The petitioners say pollution-related algal blooms are threatening the Big Holeòòò½ÊÓƵ™s famed trout fishery.
UPDATE: March 20 at 3:40 p.m.
The Gallatin City-òòò½ÊÓƵ Health Board is considering a policy to update the county health code to require new or expanded septic systems to add in another level of treatment which would reduce the amount of nitrate discharged into groundwater.
New research on the cost of reducing the Gulf of Mexicoòòò½ÊÓƵ™s dead zone places a $7 billion dollar annual price tag on reaching the Environmental Protection Agencyòòò½ÊÓƵ™s goals.òòò½ÊÓƵ Funded by a National Science Foundation grant, researchers from West Virginia University, Iowa State University and the Texas Soil and Water Research Laboratory estimate decreasing nitrogen runoff [òòò½ÊÓƵ¦]