We know all about the “innovative, cost-effective solutions”.
We also know Big Ag will deny, deny, delay, fund the Governor’s inaugural
ball, suddenly we’re holding government meetings at Farm Bureau
headquarters, and that legislative leaders have determined that it’s
tactically better to disappoint rural citizens and those who care about
health, food and water than to ruffle a feather of Big Ag.
What I want to know is…When will the federal government come down on Iowa?
The sooner the better….
Rural citizen and crop-share farmer,
Donna
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From: Iowa Discussion, Alerts and Announcements
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Subject: Fw: Fwd: Water News Release (HQ): Finalists for Grants to Improve
the Gulf of Mexico
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Finalists for Grants to Improve the Gulf of Mexico
Contact: Enesta Jones, (202) 564-4355/7873 / [log in to unmask]
( Washington , D.C. - Dec. 12, 2008) A total of $3.7 million is available
to help selected organizations reduce pollutants that contribute to the
oxygen-depleted zone in the northern Gulf of Mexico . The 10 finalists will
support agricultural conservation measures, restore wetlands and riverbanks,
monitor water quality, and create a variety of innovative, market-based
programs to improve water quality.
"This seed money will grow innovative, cost-effective solutions to speed up
the cleanup of impaired watersheds in the Mississippi River Watershed and
cut the size of the Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico ,” said Benjamin H.
Grumbles, EPA’s assistant administrator for water.
These projects under the EPA’s Targeted Watersheds Grants Program will
reduce the sources of pollutants, including runoff from developed land, soil
erosion, agricultural fertilizers, and sewage and industrial discharges.
Parts or all of 31 states drain into the watershed that flows into the Gulf
of Mexico .
The organizations are:
* Conservation Technology and Information Center ( West Lafayette ,
Ind. ) for the Wabash River Watershed
* Electric Power Research Institute ( Palo Alto , Calif. ) for the
Ohio River Basin
* Iowa State University (Ames, Iowa) for the Raccoon River Watershed,
Walnut Creek Watershed, and Boone River Watershed
* The Miami Conservancy District ( Dayton , Ohio ) for the Great
Miami River Watershed
* The Nature Conservancy ( Nashville , Tenn. ) for the Lower
Hatchie River Watershed, Loosahatchie River Watershed, and Wolf River
Watershed
* The Ohio State University ( Columbus , Ohio ) for the Upper
Scioto Watershed
* The Wetlands Initiative ( Chicago ) for the Lower Illinois
River-Lake Senachwine Watershed
* University of Kentucky ( Lexington , Ky. ) for the Green River
Watershed and Kentucky River Watershed
* West Virginia University ( Morgantown , W. Va. ) for the Kanawha
River Watershed
* World Resource Institute (Washington, D.C.) for the Ohio River
Basin, Upper Mississippi River Basin and Lower Mississippi River Basin
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