Twenty years later, CREP 1 is still the biggest, best
Tim Spielman
December 28, 2022
Two other efforts pale compared with No. 1.
Environment
SIU: black carp established in river basin
Kevin Bessler
December 28, 2022
This means Illinois waterways are being invaded by another invasive species that could threaten the ecosystem.
Fossum gets BWSR award for watershed leadership
Staff Report
December 14, 2022
Alexandria, Minn. — Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources Executive Director John Jaschke presented the 2022 Outstanding Watershed District Employee award to Capitol Region Watershed District Monitoring and Research Division Manager Bob Fossum on
Forestry firefighters stay busy via travel
Jane Beathard
December 8, 2022
An unusually warm, dry spring in the Appalachian region and similar conditions in Ohio this fall have kept Ohio’s wildland firefighters busy for seven months this year.
NOAA labels this year’s algae bloom ‘moderately severe’
John Hageman
December 8, 2022
While a still-visible algal bloom remained in western Lake Erie into November, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) finally scored this year’s harmful algal bloom (HAB) as a 6.8 on its severity index.
PolyMet opponents call for project permit to be voided
Steve Karnowski
December 8, 2022
Opponents of PolyMet Mining Corp.’s project say state regulators should have included “end-of-pipe” limits on discharges of mercury, sulfates, and other pollutants in the water quality permit.
Pennsylvania looking for a new home for core samples
Marcus Schneck
December 7, 2022
Harrisburg — The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources plans to build a $6 million carbon capture, utilization research and storage facility in the area. The facility will house the Pennsylvania Geological Survey’s collection
Rare mussels unearthed in Olentangy State Scenic River
DNR Report
December 7, 2022
In the first survey of its kind in more than three decades, the Ohio DNR (ODNR), Division of Natural Areas and Preserves (DNAP) Scenic Rivers Program has discovered two federally endangered mussel species in the
EPA stops groundwater contamination from plant
Matthew Daly
December 7, 2022
Cheshire, Ohio — In a major action to address toxic wastewater from coal-fired power plants, the Environmental Protection Agency on Nov. 18 ordered an Ohio utility to stop dumping dangerous coal ash into unlined storage
