WaterSMART News

October 3, 2012: LINCOLN, Neb. -- "Future farming and food systems in the Great Plains will be designed for resource-limited conditions where water, fossil fuels, phosphorus and arable land will all be more scarce than today," said Charles "Chuck" Francis,...
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October 3, 2012: CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- The University of Virginia and Philippe Cousteau's Azure Worldwide today announced a collaboration with The Nature Conservancy to develop a large-scale computer simulation game based on an as-yet-undetermined major Texas...
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October 1, 2012: LOS ALAMOS, N.M. -- Combine the tree-ring growth record with historical information, climate records, and computer-model projections of future climate trends, and you get a grim picture for the future of trees in the southwestern United...
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October 1, 2012: FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- Climate change has become one of the most important and contentiously debated global issues facing society today, and the North Central Climate Science Center (NC CSC) is hosting a ribbon-cutting event and reception to...
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September 29, 2012: HARTFORD, Conn. -- As part of President Obama's America's Great Outdoors Initiative, officials from the Department of the Interior (DOI), the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of the Army (Civil Works) today announced that a...
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September 27, 2012: ATHENS, Ga. -- Researchers in the University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology will work with colleagues from universities across the U.S.Sun Belt on a study of water sustainability in the face of climate change and population growth.The...
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September 27, 2012: PORT HUENEME, Calif. -- Engineers at the Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (NAVFAC EXWC) are demonstrating a new water irrigation system, with the first installation at Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) Sept.27. The...
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September 26, 2012: MINNEAPOLIS / ST.PAUL -- The University of Minnesota announced today that it has received a $4.3 million Water Sustainability and Climate grant over five years from the National Science Foundation to lead a study on the interactions between...
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September 25, 2012: ALCALDE, N.M. -- During a drought where water becomes scarce, agricultural producers wonder if there is a way to be more efficient with the natural resource, but not decrease the quality of their crop. "Deficit irrigation is a really good way...
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September 24, 2012: ARLINGTON, Va. -- How will climate change affect the connections between water sustainability and hydrologic processes? To better understand how planet Earth's water cycle works, the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the United States...
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September 21, 2012: BISHOP, Calif. -- The number of dead trees on 750 million acres of public and private forests across America is on the decline for the second straight year, with most of the reductions seen in western states where bark beetles have infested...
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September 20, 2012: WASHINGTON -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Colorado Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar today announced that Colorado and USDA have agreed to the terms of a new Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) to help conserve...
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September 20, 2012: WASHINGTON -- Recognizing that recovery from the drought that affected much of the farm belt will be a lengthy process, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the scheduling of four regional meetings which will outline available...
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September 19, 2012: ATLANTA -- The U.S.Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is providing a total of $2,238,053 to three universities across the Southeast for four research projects examining the impacts of extreme weather on air and water...
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September 19, 2012: TAOS, N.M. -- Today, The Trust for Public Land and the U.S.Forest Service announced that the first section of a historic 5,000-acre property near Taos will be protected by adding it to the Carson National Forest. The land, just south of Taos,...
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September 19, 2012: WASHINGTON -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced $11.8 million in additional financial and technical assistance to help crop and livestock producers in 22 states apply conservation practices that reduce the impacts of drought and...
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September 18, 2012: WASHINGTON -- The U.S.Environmental Protection Agency has awarded Columbia University and Cornell University almost $750,000 each to study the relationship between air pollution, weather and climate change.The grants are two of 14 that the EPA...
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September 18, 2012: WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A field day focused on conservation drainage practices will be presented by Purdue Extension and the Indiana Land Improvement Contractors Association on Sept.27 near Lafayette. The Two-Stage Ditch and Bioreactor Field...
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September 12, 2012: TEMPE, Ariz. -- As population in the Sunbelt grows, water supplies are spread thin.How does this affect native species? And how does this affect the people who move here? Arizona State University has been awarded a four-year, $505,823 grant...
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September 12, 2012: SAN LEANDRO, Calif -- U.S.Forest Service Pacific Southwest Regional Forester Randy Moore accepted a check for $366,400 for restoration work from Coca-Cola and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, two of the partners contributing to the...
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September 10, 2012: ARLINGTON, Va. -- Results of a new study tie forest "greenness" in the western United States to fluctuating year-to-year snowpack extent. The results show that mid-elevation mountain ecosystems are the most sensitive to rising temperatures and...
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September 5, 2012: WASHINGTON - Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael L. Connor announced today the selection of eight entities to receive $333,500 in grants under the WaterSMART Cooperative Watershed Management Program. These grants will aid in the...
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September 5, 2012: MERCED, Calif. -- From the white, sugary sands of Hawaii to the white, powdery slopes of the Sierra Nevada, Natural Sciences Professor Stephen Hart has his eye on climate change. For the past two years, the professor, who's affiliated with the...
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August 30, 2012: WASHINGTON -- A smooth blanket of snow in the winter can help boost dryland crop productivity in the summer, and no-till management is one way to ensure that blanket coverage, according to U.S.Department of Agriculture (USDA)...
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August 29, 2012: WASHINGTON -- As the Obama Administration continues to support farmers and businesses impacted by the drought, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a two-month extension for emergency grazing on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)...
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August 28, 2012: EAST LANSING, Mich., Aug.28 -- Fueled by changing climate, harmful algal blooms can foul drinking water, kill large populations of fish and spoil recreational waterways. Using a $749,801 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency, Michigan...
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August 28, 2012: MERCED, Calif., Aug.28 -- People talk about climate change all the time. But researchers at the University of California, Merced, are working to find out exactly how it will affect the millions of people who depend on the San Joaquin River for...
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August 28, 2012: KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Aug.28 -- More than 12 million Chinese rely on Lake Taihu for drinking water but about twenty years ago the once pristine lake turned pea green.It had become overrun with toxic blue-green algae which can damage the liver,...
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August 27, 2012: CHICAGO, Aug.27 -- The U.S.Environmental Protection Agency has announced a $748,902 grant for Ohio State University to study the connection between extreme weather and water quality. Ohio State researchers will study the relationship between...
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August 27, 2012: CHICAGO, Aug.27 -- The U.S.Environmental Protection Agency has announced more than $1 million for Michigan State University and Michigan Technological University to research the impact of extreme weather on water and air quality. Michigan...
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August 27, 2012: RESTON, Va. -- Dr.Stephen Jackson has been selected as the center director for the U.S.Department of the Interior Southwest Climate Science Center, headquartered at the University of Arizona in Tucson. The center is one of eight regional...
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August 23, 2012: WASHINGTON, Aug.23 -- Reducing tillage for some Central Great Plains crops could help conserve water and reduce losses caused by climate change, according to studies at the U.S.Department of Agriculture (USDA). Research leader Laj Ahuja and...
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August 22, 2012: WASHINGTON, Aug.22 -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today made a series of announcements that continue to underscore the Obama Administration's ongoing work to help farmers, ranchers and businesses impacted by the most severe drought in 50...
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August 22, 2012: BOSTON, Aug.22 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been awarded $749,931 by the US Environmental Protection Agency to examine the ability of models to represent the presence of extreme air pollution and the weather conditions that...
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August 22, 2012: IRVINE, Calif. -- Increased capture of natural gas from oil fields probably accounts for up to 70 percent of the dramatic leveling off seen in atmospheric methane at the end of the 20th century, according to new UC Irvine research being...
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August 21, 2012: TEMPE, Ariz. -- A new analysis of complex interactions between humans and the environment preceding the 9th century collapse and abandonment of the Central Maya Lowlands in the Yucatan Peninsula points to a series of events - some natural, like...
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August 15, 2012: WASHINGTON - Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael L. Connor announced today 12 applied science projects will receive $1.2 million, and Reclamation will partner with other federal agencies and contribute $451,835 to applied science...
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August 15, 2012: SAN DIEGO -- The University of California issued the following press release: A new study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego, and Emory University has uncovered fundamental details about the hexamer structures that make...
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August 15, 2012: WASHINGTON -- As part of continuing steps by the Obama Administration to get assistance to producers impacted by the drought, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today designated 172 additional counties in 15 states as primary natural disaster...
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August 13, 2012: MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- University of Minnesota issued the following news release: Early in August, Lake Superior gleamed a deep, indigo blue as viewed from the paths along its shore next to downtown Duluth.But in this case, what you can see...
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August 13, 2012: TEMPE, Ariz. -- Arizona State University issued the following press release: According to the United Nations' 2011 Revision of World Urbanization Prospects, global urban population is expected to gain more than 2.5 billion new inhabitants...
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August 10, 2012: DAVIS, Calif. -- The University of California issued the following press release: Despite an extreme weather year, overall clarity at Lake Tahoe improved in 2011.Yet underlying trends portray a more complex picture of the Lake Tahoe ecosystem,...
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August 8, 2012: WASHINGTON -- As part of continuing steps by the Obama Administration to assist livestock producers in response to the historic drought, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today highlighted that USDA will utilize nearly $16 million in financial...
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August 7, 2012: CHENEY, Wash. -- Competing users and interest groups have varying, and often contentious, opinions on how water resources should be managed in the Intermountain Province (IMP) of the Columbia River Basin.The divisive issue is examined in the...
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August 6, 2012: RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- California's hydropower is vulnerable to climate change, a University of California, Riverside scientist has advised policymakers in "Our Changing Climate," a report released July 31 by the California Natural Resources...
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August 6, 2012: RESTON, Va., Aug.6 -- About 4,000 people are expected to attend the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America in Portland, Ore., Aug.5-10.The theme of this year's conference is "Life on Earth: Preserving, Utilizing and Sustaining our...
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August 3, 2012: WASHINGTON, Aug.3 -- Global climate changes could help some shrub-dominated deserts revert to ecosystems that support the growth and establishment of grasslands, U.S.Department of Agriculture (USDA) studies suggest.These findings indicate that...
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July 31, 2012: LA JOLLA, Calif. -- At the end of a July that broke heat records across the country, a new report released today by two state agencies projects that summer months of extreme heat will be the norm by 2060. The assessment of rising July...
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July 31, 2012: DAVIS, Calif. -- As climate change threatens to reshape California's landscape, University of California, Davis, researchers are helping to inform policymakers about the state's vulnerability and provide strategies for adaptation. The UC Davis...
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July 30, 2012: WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Communities should be mindful of the need to protect citizens from the consequences of extreme weather that include not only too little water but also too much of it, a Purdue Extension water resources specialist...
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July 27, 2012: LOS ANGELES -- UCLA life scientists, working with colleagues in China, have discovered a new method to quickly assess plants' drought tolerance.The method works for many diverse species growing around the world.The research, published in the...
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July 25, 2012: FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- The Colorado State University Center for Agricultural Energy is now accepting applications to conduct 50 irrigation efficiency audits statewide through the Rural Energy for America Program. The center was formed jointly...
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July 23, 2012: WASHINGTON -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced new flexibility and assistance in the U.S.Department of Agriculture's major conservation programs to get much-needed help to livestock producers as the most wide-spread drought in...
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July 19, 2012: SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- A new study by scientists at the University of Toronto and the University of California, Santa Cruz suggests that changes in world ocean chemistry is one potential cause of the cooling trend of the past 45 million...
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July 18, 2012: DULUTH, Minn. -- Invasive species.Goldenrod.Wild Rice.These are only a few projects underway at the UMD Research facilities on the 100 acres of university-owned land.Over the past several years, over $2 million in allocated funds from the...
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July 11, 2012: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today officially unveiled the results of a six-month study by local community stakeholders on conservation efforts and the future of the Rio Grande that will help achieve increased...
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July 10, 2012: LAS CRUCES, N.M. -- Xeriscape landscaping means more than covering an area with gravel or rocks.Homeowners and landscapers have 750 plants to choose from when designing a low-water-use yard. To facilitate selection of plants New Mexico State...
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July 10, 2012: STORRS, Conn. -- UConn is issuing a Stage IA Water Conservation Alert because seasonally dry conditions have reduced area stream flows. The University's water supply remains adequate to meet current and forecasted system demands and any...
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July 9, 2012: GRAND JUNCTION, COLO. -- Colorado's unique situation as a headwaters state provides the backdrop for diverse issues and concerns related to a most precious resource: water. Colorado State University Extension, in partnership with the USDA...
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July 9, 2012: SANTA FE, N.M. -- Being more efficient with a limited natural resource such as water is on the minds of everyone during a drought. New Mexico State University is hosting "Water: The Foundation of Agricultural Sustainability Conference" to...
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July 9, 2012: WASHINGTON -- Visitors to Lake Huron this summer may have a unique opportunity to glimpse science in action.During July and September, scientists on board a half dozen research vessels will crisscross Thunder Bay, Saginaw Bay, and the open...
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July 6, 2012: UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Whether you can see the forest for the trees, the big picture of woodlands in the eastern United States shows a besieged ecosystem, according to an expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. Forests are...
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July 5, 2012: TINTON FALLS, N.J. -- The Monmouth County Office of Emergency Management, in consultation with New Jersey American Water (NJAW), lifted the outdoor watering ban today for all non-NJAW customers. However, the mandatory outdoor watering ban...
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July 5, 2012: GUNNISON, Colo. -- Western State College of Colorado/Western State Colorado University will host the 37th Annual Colorado Water Workshop July 18-20 with the theme, "Water Taboos: Addressing Our Most Challenging Issues." "We decided on this...
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July 2, 2012: LEXINGTON, Ky. -- "Global warming, climate change; it's all very controversial, and our students want to know more about it because they think it's going to affect their future," said Laura Lang, who teaches chemistry and earth science at North...
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June 28, 2012: WASHINGTON - Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael L. Connor released the St. Mary River and Milk River Basins Study Summary Report outlining the findings of a two-year comprehensive study of the river basins. The report recommends using...
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June 28, 2012: CROWLEY, La. -- The Louisiana Master Farmer Program is being fine-tuned with changes to enable more agricultural producers to achieve certification with completion of the program's three phases. "Over the past several years, many farmers had...
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June 27, 2012: CORVALLIS, Ore. -- New research concludes that a one-two punch of drought and mountain pine beetle attacks are the primary forces that have killed more than 2.5 million acres of pinyon pine and juniper trees in the American Southwest during the...
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June 27, 2012: MINNEAPOLIS / ST.PAUL -- Trees and other plants in the wild play an important role in counteracting climate change by trapping carbon dioxide released from burning fossil fuels.New research from the University of Minnesota and UC Santa Barbara...
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June 26, 2012: KINGSTON, R.I. -- Ryann Rossi always knew she wanted to be a marine biologist, ever since she proclaimed that sharks were her favorite animal at age 3.Now that the University of Rhode Island senior is getting her hands wet in the mangroves of...
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June 22, 2012: YAKIMA, Wash. - The American Water Resources Association (AWRA) recognized the Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project (YRBWEP) Workgroup with its Integrated Water Resources Management Award for 2012. The Bureau of Reclamation and the...
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June 19, 2012: WASHINGTON -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that $8.4 million in financial assistance is available to support 23 new partnership projects in several Mississippi River Basin states under USDA's Mississippi River Basin Healthy...
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June 6, 2012: BERKELEY, Calif. -- A prestigious group of scientists from around the world is warning that population growth, widespread destruction of natural ecosystems, and climate change may be driving Earth toward an irreversible change in the biosphere,...
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June 5, 2012: SAN ANTONIO -- The University of Texas at San Antonio has launched the Water Institute of Texas to promote collaboration between nearly three dozen UTSA researchers who are studying water-related issues.Scholars in the institute will provide...
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May 31, 2012: FARGO, N.D. -- O.A.Stevens traveled through North Dakota every summer, gathering plants and recording data from 1907 to 1961.In one summer alone, the noted botanist, recognized as a leading authority on North Dakota plants, collected 1,000...
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May 30, 2012: MILFORD, Del. -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar joined Delaware Governor Jack Markell, Senator Tom Carper and other state and local leaders to launch the Delaware Bay Initiative, a partnership with the state, tribes, local communities...
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May 24, 2012: WASHINGTON - Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael L. Connor announced that Reclamation is seeking applications for its Cooperative Watershed Management Program to establish or expand a local watershed management group. "This...
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May 24, 2012: YAKIMA, Wash. - A special event set for June 6 will bring federal, state, and private partners together to celebrate the completion of a nine-year, $45 million water conservation construction effort aimed at improving irrigation deliveries and...
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May 23, 2012: VALLEJO, Calif -- The Central California Consortium (CCC) and the Sierra National Forest will host the "Make-A-Splash: Raising Water Awareness in the Central Valley" event on May 26 in Reedley.This event will serve to bring awareness to water...
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May 23, 2012: CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- A new international study, published this week in the journal Nature Geoscience, shows that seagrasses are a vital part of the solution to climate change and that, per unit area, seagrass meadows can store up to twice as...
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May 22, 2012: MINNEAPOLIS -- The next frontier in the search for renewable energy lies less than two miles from where you are now. Unless you're reading this on the International Space Station. Geothermal heat a mile or two deep in Earth's crust is a...
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May 22, 2012: WASHINGTON, May 22 -- U.S.Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are ensuring that farmers in the Pacific Northwest are benefiting from every drop of crop irrigation water. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) soil scientist Gary Lehrsch...
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May 18, 2012: WASHINGTON -- The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking applicants for Applied Science Grants for the Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative.Proposed projects are expected to meet the science needs identified by the Desert LCC Steering Committee...
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May 18, 2012: WASHINGTON -- The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking applicants for Applied Science Grants for the Southern Rockies Landscape Conservation Cooperative.Proposed projects are expected to meet the science needs identified by the Southern Rockies LCC...
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May 17, 2012: BOULDER CITY, Nev. -- The Bureau of Reclamation today released a technical memorandum titled "Technical Memorandum C - Quantification of Water Demand Scenarios".The memorandum updates information published in Interim Report No.1 - Technical...
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May 16, 2012: WASHINGTON - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced a new online tool for western water managers and the public to help increase accessibility of science-based information and understanding of how climate variations will impact...
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May 16, 2012: WASHINGTON -- Visitors to national wildlife refuges are concerned about the impact of climate change on America's fish, wildlife and plants - as well as the habitat that supports them, a new survey just released by the U.S.Fish and Wildlife...
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May 16, 2012: BOSTON, Mass. -- Two and a half years after its founding, the University of Massachusetts Boston's Collaborative Institute for Oceans, Climate, and Security (CIOCS) is hosting the world's first global conference on oceans, climate, and...
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May 16, 2012: RESTON, Va. -- Climate change projections indicate a steady increase in temperature progressing through the 21st century, generally resulting in snowpack reductions, changes to the timing of snowmelt, altered streamflows, and reductions in soil...
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May 9, 2012: SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- A recent study published by an international research team working at UC Santa Barbara's National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) has found that loss of biodiversity impacts the environment as...
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May 9, 2012: LAS CRUCES, N.M. -- Treva Henio said she was inspired to pursue a degree in range science after working for nearly 10 years as the manager of a veterinary hospital and witnessing cases of livestock diagnosed with plant toxicity and poor...
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May 7, 2012: BOISE, Idaho, May 7 -- Water is the lifeblood of Idaho's economic and environmental wellbeing and finding solutions to sustaining this valuable resource for future generations is at the cornerstone of the Henrys Fork Basin Study which is built...
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May 4, 2012: WASHINGTON -- Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan and Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Hayes today announced that collaboration between the agencies is again providing funds to improve the efficiency of agricultural water use...
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May 3, 2012: WASHINGTON -- The Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service are pleased to announce that Genevieve Johnson has been selected as Coordinator for the Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC).Johnson will provide ongoing...
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May 3, 2012: BERKELEY, Calif. -- University of California, Berkeley, scientists are drilling into ancient sediments at the bottom of Northern California's Clear Lake for clues that could help them better predict how today's plants and animals will adapt to...
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May 2, 2012: WASHINGTON − Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the Bureau of Reclamation has selected $32.2 million in WaterSMART Water and Energy Efficiency Grants and Title XVI Projects and Feasibility Studies to stretch water...
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May 2, 2012: ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Loss of biodiversity appears to impact ecosystems as much as climate change, pollution and other major forms of environmental stress, according to a new study from an international research team. The study is the first...
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May 2, 2012: BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- Loss of biodiversity appears to impact ecosystems as much as climate change, pollution and other major forms of environmental stress, according to a new study from an international research team headed by Western Washington...
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May 2, 2012: BURLINGTON, Vt. -- Over the last two decades, there has been growing concern that very high rates of modern extinction - loss of plant and animal species due to habitat destruction, overharvesting and other human-caused environmental changes -...
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April 26, 2012: WASHINGTON -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar today outlined the federal government's readiness for the wildland fire season to ensure protection for communities and restoration of forests and public lands...
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April 23, 2012: MANHATTAN, Kan. -- In a world of changing weather and rainfall patterns, engineers face challenges when designing stormwater management systems. A Kansas State University team is researching how climate change is affecting rainfall and weather...
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April 20, 2012: CROWLEY, La. -- Officials with the LSU AgCenter and the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry met on April 18 with representatives of the Kellogg Co.to work on details for a Master Rice Grower program that will encourage sustainable...
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April 17, 2012: PULLMAN, Wash. -- The Ice Age is my favorite bit of Earth history, a time when mammoths, giant beavers and saber tooth tigers roamed the world.I was so impressed by the Ice Age when I was a child reading about it in the school library that I...
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April 17, 2012: WASHINGTON -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a cooperative partnership with the U.S.Department of Agriculture and Canada's Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food that will promote agroforestry to help landowners improve...
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April 16, 2012: WASHINGTON -- As part of President Obama's all-of-the-above strategy to develop American energy, the Department of the Interior, the Department of the Army, and the Department of Energy have significantly advanced potential development of...
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April 9, 2012: LUBBOCK, Texas -- Researchers at Texas Tech University's Llano River Field Station in Junction recently received a $1.1 million grant from the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop a watershed protection plan for the Upper Llano...
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April 6, 2012: TEMPE, Ariz. -- Long-term ecological findings reported today in a special section of the journal BioScience show as temperatures increase in snowy ecosystems, more water is lost to the atmosphere than first predicted.Also, in drier ecosystems,...
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April 5, 2012: RESTON, Va. -- Almost all the sediment-associated chemical concentrations found in 131 of the nation's rivers that drain to the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf Coasts are lower than worldwide averages, according to a new study by the USGS.These...
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April 2, 2012: ARLINGTON, Va. -- The National Science Foundation issued the following press release: That's one of the results geoscientists report today in a paper published in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters. The researchers arrived at...
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March 30, 2012: WASHINGTON -- Revenue from leases for offshore oil and gas development in federal waters helped states build or improve 198 parks across the country in 2011, ranging from establishing a new park on Texas' most pristine river, to protecting and...
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March 27, 2012: RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Each of us needs to drink two to four liters of water each day.To produce one kilogram of wheat, about 1500 liters of water are needed.But ten times this amount of water are required to produce just one kilogram of...
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March 23, 2012: FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- A Colorado State University researcher is leading an international team of scientists in examining the likely effects of climate change on vulnerable and ecologically important cloud forests in the world's tropical...
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March 22, 2012: MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Chenjie Wu, an engineering student, had the data.Jonathan Pitchford, a wildlife scientist, had the question. Together, with help from biologists, hydrologists and other experts from across West Virginia University, they...
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March 21, 2012: WASHINGTON, D.C.—Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation is providing $2.4 million in funding for comprehensive water studies in California, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico and...
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March 21, 2012: WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will announce a new U.S.Water Partnership (USWP) in Washington D.C.on Thursday, March 22 at 10:30 a.m.The USWP is a public-private partnership formed to share U.S.knowledge, leverage and...
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March 19, 2012: LAS CRUCES, N.M. -- Eddy County and New Mexico have one of the most variable rainfall climates in the world.In the last 10 years, the area has seen three years of good rainfall and three years of drought conditions. New Mexico State...
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March 15, 2012: WASHINGTON -- For the first time in four years, no area of the country faces a high risk of major to record spring flooding, largely due to the limited winter snowfall, according to NOAA's annual Spring Outlook, which forecasts the potential...
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March 14, 2012: MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Human beings have had a complex, ever-changing relationship with water for the past 10,000 years.Long before water became an anonymous commodity at the end of a faucet, people revered water and treasured it to an extent...
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March 13, 2012: ATLANTA -- American households waste more than 1 trillion gallons of water each year due to leaky pipes, toilets, showerheads and other fixtures, but fixing leaks can be easy and inexpensive.During the 4th annual Fix a Leak Week, March 12-18,...
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March 9, 2012: ARLINGTON, Va. -- The following is part six in a series on the National Science Foundation's Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability (SEES) investment.Visit parts one, two, three, four, and five in this series. Cherokee Marsh,...
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March 9, 2012: LOS LUNAS, N.M. - It takes a community to fight an infestation of noxious weeds.Only through a coordinated effort can these villains that threaten agricultural production be managed. The first step in controlling noxious weeds is to gain an...
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March 6, 2012: GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Florida homeowners can now test different water-saving lawn irrigation systems by using a free web application recently released by the University of Florida. The interactive lawn irrigation tool creates a virtual lawn so...
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March 5, 2012: PUYALLUP, Wash. - In organic agriculture, nutritional building blocks like nitrogen, carbon and phosphorous are introduced via organic matter to improve soil over time.But when these nutrients are released as gases into the air or in stormwater...
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March 2, 2012: FARGO, N.D. -- The North Dakota Water Resources Research Institute announced its Graduate Research Fellowship recipients for the year 2012-13.Fellowships ranging from $2,000 to $10,000 were awarded to 13 graduate students, including 10 doctoral...
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February 28, 2012: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The Bureau of Reclamation announces the availability of an additional $2.5 million for award under the CALFED Bay-Delta Program: CALFED Water Use Efficiency Grants.Under the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), a...
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February 27, 2012: MERCED, Calif. -- UC Merced Professor Lara Kueppers is studying how trees in the mountains of Colorado will adapt to climate change Climate change is leading to higher temperatures around the world, forcing plants, trees and animals to adapt...
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February 27, 2012: COLUMBIA, Mo. -- For nearly a year, the Midwest and southwest United States have experienced drought and warmer than normal conditions.A University of Missouri expert is predicting no relief, as he expects drought and hot conditions to continue...
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February 23, 2012: LOS ANGELES -- U.S.Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District and Los Angeles County officials broke ground Feb.22 on a project designed to restore degraded habitat in the San Fernando Valley. Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, Public Works Deputy...
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February 22, 2012: SACRAMENTO -- The Bureau of Reclamation announces an additional $2.5 million is available to award under this program.Up to $7.5 million is now available under this funding opportunity announcement (FOA), and the federal funding cap has been...
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February 17, 2012: TEMPE, Ariz. -- Phoenix, the sixth largest U.S.city, is vulnerable to water shortages even without climate change because of heavy outdoor water use and fragmented governance, according to research conducted at the Decision Center for a Desert...
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February 16, 2012: PULLMAN, Wash., Feb.16 -- Since the dawn of science, scientists have been using models to visualize and explain the workings of the world.But where the earliest ideas might have been conveyed in something as simple as a cave painting,...
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February 15, 2012: WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Agronomists, farmers and landowners can receive information on hot topics in soil health and conservation at the Bi-County Soil Conservation Workshop. The Feb.23 event, presented by Purdue Extension and the Soil and...
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February 14, 2012: FARGO, N.D. -- The North Dakota Water Resources Research Institute announced its Graduate Research Fellowship recipients for the year 2012-13.Fellowships ranging from $2,000 to $10,000 were awarded to 13 graduate students, including 10 doctoral...
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February 13, 2012: MORRIS, Minn. -- Water management and conservation efforts are getting a boost at the University of Minnesota, Morris because of the efforts of student Jodie Roy '12, Brooks.Roy took on a new role with the Morris GreenCorps program, in which...
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February 13, 2012: WASHINGTON -- President Obama's fiscal year 2013 budget request of $11.5 billion for the Department of the Interior reflects fiscal discipline, identifying offsetting program reductions to maintain funding for core missions and strategic...
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February 9, 2012: WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Purdue Extension is offering workshops in northern Indiana Feb.14-15 to provide advice and updates on irrigation practices for the spring growing season. The "Irrigation Management and the Great Lakes Compact Update"...
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February 8, 2012: WASHINGTON -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced $50 million in funding for water infrastructure projects in the West including $30 million in funding for rural water construction projects.The funding will support a variety...
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February 2, 2012: Boise, Idaho -- The Bureau of Reclamation's Pacific Northwest Region and Washington State Department of Ecology reached a significant year-end milestone with the completion of the Yakima River Basin Study in 2011. It was one of three such...
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February 2, 2012: WASHINGTON, Calif -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a new report, Increasing the Pace of Restoration and Job Creation on our National Forests, that outlines a strategy and series of actions for management on 193 million acres...
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January 31, 2012: PULLMAN, Wash. -- Nothing about Earth history is static or unchanging.That's particularly true of climate, and thereon hangs more than one interesting tale including recent news of a scientific advance in understanding how past climate has...
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January 27, 2012: LAS CRUCES, N.M. -- New Mexico State University's "Engineering New Mexico!" program will present a seminar on "Wells, Pumps, Etc.," on Feb.11 to help improve water management during the ongoing drought in Southern New Mexico. The seminar,...
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January 20, 2012: WASHINGTON -- Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced today that the U.S.Department of Agriculture (USDA) is awarding 26 grants for research, education and extension efforts that will help to inform science-based...
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January 19, 2012: WASHINGTON -- In partnership with state, tribal, and federal agency partners, the Obama Administration today released the first draft national strategy to help decision makers and resource managers prepare for and help reduce the impacts of...
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January 18, 2012: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The U.S.Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following press release: The Bureau of Reclamation, in cooperation with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), announces the availability...
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January 9, 2012: GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Unprecedented levels of greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere are disrupting normal patterns of glaciation, according to a study co-authored by a University of Florida researcher and published online Jan.8 in Nature...
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December 22, 2011: ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- More than 3,000 gallons of Huron River water were trucked to the University of Michigan campus recently to create 150 mini-Hurons that are used to study how environmental changes affect freshwater habitats like rivers and...
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December 20, 2011: REDDING, Calif. -- California's landscapes are under siege from a host of threats.Catastrophic wildfires, climate change, invasive species and increasing human population put our ecosystems at risk.The U.S.Forest Service has recognized and...
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December 19, 2011: RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- When climatic patterns shift, the spatial distribution of croplands, habitats and fish populations soon follows, significantly impacting agriculture and food production.For example, droughts, floods and storms frequently...
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December 16, 2011: LAS VEGAS -- During the annual Colorado River Water Users Association Conference today, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Water and Science Anne Castle announced the release of a report on the effectiveness of the Department of the...
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December 13, 2011: DAVIS, Calif. -- Grapevines and native plants are a fine blend for the environment, suggests a team of researchers led by a plant ecologist at the University of California, Davis. According to their research, reported in the online journal...
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December 13, 2011: WASHINGTON -- Master Gardeners, agriculture and water usage researchers, gathered in the frosty morning air Dec.6 at Texas A & M AgriLife Research Center in El Paso, Texas.They to discussed gardening plans for 2012 and water usage within the...
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December 8, 2011: A WaterSMART Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse Feasibility Studies funding opportunity is now available for non-federal government entities, Indian tribes, water districts, wastewater districts or rural water districts in the 17 western...
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December 5, 2011: WASHINGTON -- The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force today released its final strategy for long term ecosystem restoration for the Gulf Coast, following extensive feedback from citizens throughout the region.EPA Administrator and Task...
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December 1, 2011: SACRAMENTO -- The California Department of Water Resources, U.S.Environmental Protection Agency, Resources Legacy Fund, and U.S.Army Corps of Engineers today released a publication to assist water resource managers.The Climate Change Handbook...
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November 30, 2011: MERCED, Calif. -- Less water used by trees would result in more runoff, which could benefit farmers and water managers statewide; Project will examine impacts on forest health and other ecosystem services Runoff from the Sierra Nevada, a...
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November 30, 2011: GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- As global temperatures continue to rise at an accelerated rate due to deforestation and the burning of fossil fuels, natural stores of carbon in the Arctic are cause for serious concern, researchers say. In an article...
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November 29, 2011: BOULDER CITY, Nev. -- The Bureau of Reclamation is announcing the initiation of Phase 4 of the Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study: Development and Evaluation of Opportunities for Balancing Water Supply and Demand.The Colorado...
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November 29, 2011: PULLMAN, Wash. -- Earth's biological and physical processes are interrelated and react to each other.Spew some carbon dioxide from your car and the ocean warms, which causes a little more evaporation, a few more clouds - and a bit more snow in...
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November 29, 2011: DURHAM, N.H. -- Scientists at the University of New Hampshire's Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space (EOS) have been funded by NASA to improve estimates of how melting mountain glaciers around the globe will contribute to sea...
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November 21, 2011: FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- Colorado State University archaeology Professor Christopher Fisher and geography Professor Stephen Leisz have used LiDAR (Light Detection and Radar) technology to document thousands of architectural features from an...
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November 16, 2011: BOISE, Idaho -- The Bureau of Reclamation and Washington State Department of Ecology today released a Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for the Yakima River Basin Integrated Water Resource Management Plan (Integrated...
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November 16, 2011: FRESNO, Calif. -- Claims that California farmers are wasteful and inefficient in managing their water supplies are inaccurate, according to a new report released by the Center for Irrigation Technology (CIT) at California State University,...
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November 16, 2011: WASHINGTON -- U.S.Forest Service scientists contributed to a far-reaching report that will help land managers make decisions about how forests are best managed to help offset carbon emissions, including the use of forest biomass for energy.The...
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November 14, 2011: VALLEJO, Calif. -- California's landscapes are under siege from a host of threats.Catastrophic wildfire, climate change, invasive species and increasing human population put these delicate ecosystems at risk.The U.S.Forest Service has...
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November 13, 2011: COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Increases in air pollution and other particulate matter in the atmosphere can strongly affect cloud development in ways that reduce precipitation in dry regions or seasons, while increasing rain, snowfall and the intensity...
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November 10, 2011: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- It is not an uncommon sight.Lakes and streams that were once safe to swim or fish in are now off limits to human contact.The threat is most likely a toxin-called microcystin-produced by blue-green algae. Steven Wilhelm,...
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November 8, 2011: WASHINGTON -- Scientists at the U.S.Department of Agriculture (USDA) are leading the way in learning more about "biochar," the charred biomass created from wood, other plant material, and manure. The studies by Agricultural Research Service...
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November 7, 2011: WASHINGTON -- A Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse Program grant funding opportunity is now available through WaterSMART. The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking sponsors of congressionally authorized Title XVI projects to request cost-shared...
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November 7, 2011: WASHINGTON -- WaterSMART Water and Energy Efficiency Grant funding opportunity is now available. The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking proposals from states, Indian tribes, irrigation districts, water districts and other organizations with water...
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November 7, 2011: ATHENS, Ga. -- A technology developed on the University of Georgia campus in Tifton that helps farmers improve yields and conserve water just got easier for farmers to use, says a UGA irrigation specialist. Crops need water from rain or...
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November 4, 2011: WASHINGTON -- The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking comments on the draft WaterSMART Cooperative Watershed Management Program Funding Opportunity Announcement.The draft Funding Opportunity Announcement was published in the Federal Register and...
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November 3, 2011: FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- Tom Brown of the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station and his team, Colorado State University Professor Jorge Ramirez and recent CSU graduate Romano Foti, received recognition by Colorado Gov.John...
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November 3, 2011: WASHINGTON -- The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking eligible non-federal entities interested in participating in the 2012 Basin Studies under the WaterSMART Program.Eligible partners include states, tribes, water districts, cities and other...
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November 2, 2011: WASHINGTON -- USGS scientists and academic colleagues investigated how California's interconnected San Francisco Bay and Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (the Bay-Delta system) is expected to change from 2010 to 2099 in response to both fast and...
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November 2, 2011: LEXINGTON, Ky. -- When was the last time you really paid attention to your tap water or studied the label of a commercial bottle of water? Fortunately for all of us, there are researchers, advocates and environmentalists who do just that every...
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November 1, 2011: SEATTLE -- Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition/Technical Advisory Group (DRCC/TAG) is the recipient of a Community Action for a Renewed Environment grant (CARE) for $100,000 from the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency.DRCC/TAG will use the grant...
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October 31, 2011: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael L. Connor has announced that $1,509,000 has been awarded for seven new projects under the Desalination and Water Purification Research Program. The awards include five research and...
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October 31, 2011: FORT HOOD, Texas -- With Texas facing constraints on its water supplies and a statewide drought, Fort Hood's Directorate of Public Works and Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare Recreation are working together on an alternative for the...
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October 27, 2011: WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Senior policy officials from the Department of the Army, the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers, the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency and the State of Florida, including the South Florida Water...
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October 26, 2011: TEMPLE, Texas -- Last week's dust storm in Lubbock was a startling reminder of how skies across much of the nation often looked in the 1930s before the creation of federal and state conservation programs. "The ongoing severe statewide drought,...
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October 26, 2011: WASHINGTON -- What will Earth's climate be like in a decade--or sooner? And what will it be like where you live and around the globe? National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded scientists are working to find answers. NSF and other federal...
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October 25, 2011: LAS CRUCES, N.M., Oct.25 -- New Mexico State University is hosting the 2011 Southwest Turfgrass Association conference where participants will learn how to keep their turf healthy in the dry Southwest climate and will also get the chance to...
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October 24, 2011: WASHINGTON -- Only one of four large regions of the United States showed a significant relationship between carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere and the size of floods over the last 100 years.This was in the southwestern region, where floods...
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October 21, 2011: FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Oct.21 -- The sand dunes among which Navajos have eked out austere livings for generations are growing fast and becoming mobile as the climate changes, says U.S.Geological Survey geologist Dr.Margaret Hiza Redsteer, whose...
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October 20, 2011: HONOLULU, Oct.20 -- The Hawaiian Islands have one of the most diverse rainfall patterns on earth.One of the most frequently cited publication on Hawaii's environment is the Rainfall Atlas of Hawaii, first published in 1986, by UH Manoa...
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October 19, 2011: FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Oct.19 -- Florida Atlantic University science and engineering researchers within the Charles E.Schmidt College of Science and College of Engineering and Computer Science today released a study indicating that climate...
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October 19, 2011: WASHINGTON, Oct.19 -- Studies of future climate change scenarios on the Great Lakes have pointed to falling water levels, but a new NOAA study gives a more optimistic outlook. Scientists at the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research...
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October 19, 2011: LA JOLLA, Calif., Oct.19 -- A climate research program led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego scientists that has spent more than a decade understanding California's climate risks has been extended to broaden its emphasis in...
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October 18, 2011: WASHINGTON, Oct.18 -- EPA’s Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program awarded nine grants to support research to study the role and effects of black carbon. The research will analyze the impacts of black carbon on air and water quality,...
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October 18, 2011: WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct.18 -- Researchers are developing detailed models to predict how populations behave during hurricane evacuations to better plan for the disasters. The models will be used by public policymakers to improve how...
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October 18, 2011: SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct.18 -- The Bureau of Reclamation has awarded more than $530,000 in federal funds for the Water Conservation Field Service Grants Program during Fiscal Year 2011.With combined local cost-share contributions, more than $3.8...
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October 14, 2011: GAINESVILLE, Fla., Oct.14 -- A federal official working toward energy independence and maintaining air, water and soil quality amid climate change will be the featured speaker at an annual gathering of public land and water managers from around...
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October 13, 2011: LUBBOCK, Texas, Oct.13 -- Texas Tech University researchers are part of a water conservation team that has received $500,000 from the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).The Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) provides three...
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October 13, 2011: HONOLULU, Oct.13 -- As part of the 2011 APEC activities in Honolulu, the APEC Climate Center is holding its annual symposium at the East West Center's Keoni Auditorium, October 17-20.The local host for the symposium is the University of Hawaii...
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October 12, 2011: FORT COLLINS, Colo., Oct.12 -- The 22nd annual South Platte River Forum will be held Wednesday, Oct.19, and Thursday, Oct.20, at the Plaza Conference Center, 1900 Ken Pratt Blvd., Longmont.The forum, "Making River Music," will examine issues...
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October 11, 2011: LINCOLN, Neb., Oct.11 -- This summer's exceptional drought in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas is a startling reminder of the serious economic, environmental and social impacts of this natural disaster.As droughts become more frequent and intense in...
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October 11, 2011: RIVERSIDE, Calif., Oct.11 -- A University of California, Riverside assistant professor of chemical and environmental engineering has received a $450,000 grant to study the impact of air-polluting black carbon particles as a way to mitigate...
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October 11, 2011: HONOLULU, Oct.11 -- Scientists at the University of Hawaii at Manoa have projected an increased frequency of heavy rainfall events, but a decrease in rainfall intensity during the next 30 years (2011-2040) for the southern shoreline of Oahu,...
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October 7, 2011: NEW YORK, Oct.7 -- The NOAA-Cooperative Remote Sensing Science and Technology Center (NOAA-CREST) has begun its second decade of operation, supported by a new five-year, $15 million grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
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October 7, 2011: SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct.7 -- The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review environmental documents on canal improvements in the Fresno Irrigation District, which would be partially funded with a grant from the WaterSMART...
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October 7, 2011: WASHINGTON, Oct.7 -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced three universities selected to host the Department of the Interior's Climate Science Centers (CSCs) for the Northeast, South Central, and Pacific Islands regions.The...
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October 7, 2011: WASHINGTON, Oct.7 -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the selection of the University of Hawaii-Manoa in Honolulu to host the Department of the Interior's Pacific Islands Climate Science Center (CSC), with the University of...
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October 7, 2011: WASHINGTON, Oct.7 -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the selection of the University of Oklahoma to host the Department of the Interior's South Central Climate Science Center, joined by CSC consortium partners Texas Tech...
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October 7, 2011: AMHERST, Mass., Oct.7 -- Today in Washington, D.C., Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the University of Massachusetts Amherst has been chosen to lead a consortium of seven universities and host a major new center, the...
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October 6, 2011: WASHINGTON, Oct.6 -- America's wetlands declined slightly from 2004-2009, underscoring the need for continued conservation and restoration efforts, according to a report issued today by the Department of the Interior's U.S.Fish and Wildlife...
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October 6, 2011: FORT COLLINS, Colo., Oct.6 -- The U.S.Bureau of Reclamation has awarded Colorado State University biology Professor LeRoy Poff and his team $105,000 for their two-year research project on the effects of climate change on stream...
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October 5, 2011: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Reclamation are pleased to announce that Kevin Johnson has been selected as Coordinator for the Southern Rockies Landscape Conservation Cooperative. Kevin will provide ongoing facilitation...
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October 3, 2011: WASHINGTON, Oct.3 -- The Department of the Interior today released a report that assesses the status of scientific information available to help understand the impacts of climate change and other stressors on U.S.freshwater resources and calls...
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September 30, 2011: SACRAMENTO -- The Bureau of Reclamation has released final environmental documents for canal and pump station improvements in the Firebaugh Canal Water District, which will be partially funded with a grant from the WaterSMART Program. The...
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September 30, 2011: MOSCOW, Idaho, Sept.30 -- The 11th annual Distinguished American Indian Speakers Series welcomes Dr.Daniel R.Wildcat for a lecture that will focus on fighting global warming.His presentation takes place on Wednesday, Oct.19 at 7 p.m., in the...
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September 29, 2011: ALBUQUEQUE, N.M., Sept.29 -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that a proposed 570-acre national wildlife refuge on a former dairy farm just a few miles south of New Mexico's largest metropolitan area has been approved.As...
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September 29, 2011: DENVER, Sept.29 -- At a recognition event today, the U.S.EPA, Colorado Springs Utilities and the Colorado Water Conservation Board recognized Gold Hill Mesa builder GJ Gardner Northgate for building the first WaterSense labeled home in the...
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September 26, 2011: WASHINGTON, Sept.26 -- Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael L.Connor has announced the Contra Costa Water District has been awarded a $150,000 grant through the Department of the Interior's WaterSMART program to complete a system...
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September 20, 2011: Washington, Sept 20 - -Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael L. Connor has announced that the Hidalgo County Irrigation District, No. 2 in Texas received $300,000 and Owyhee Irrigation District in Malheur County, Oregon, has received...
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September 20, 2011: WASHINGTON, Sept.20 -- The U.S.Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the state of Nebraska have agreed to expand the eligible land available to enroll in the Platte-Republican Resources Area Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP).The...
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September 19, 2011: HUNTINGTON, W.Va., Sept.19 -- Marshall University will host a conference next week focusing on the economic and ecological potential of water resources in the Ohio River Basin. The conference, "Ohio River Basin: 200 Years after the Voyage of...
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September 19, 2011: WARREN, Mich., Sept.19 -- With budgets falling and thousands of troops scheduled to redeploy back home, commanders in the field are striving to become more efficient with resource-saving measures such as the Shower Water Reuse System. The SWRS...
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September 16, 2011: WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Sept.16 -- Nearly 150 U.S.and Chinese researchers will tackle the challenge of fueling two of the world's largest economies while also reducing greenhouse gas emissions as part of an inaugural conference this month on the...
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September 16, 2011: WASHINGTON, Sept.16 -- NOAA's just-completed first edition VDatum tool will allow users to combine and transform geospatial data from different sources onto a single vertical reference surface, removing the largest obstacle GIS users face when...
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September 12, 2011: WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael L. Connor announced $1.2 million in WaterSMART funding for nine applied science projects to assist management decisions for the Desert and Southern Rockies Landscape...
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September 8, 2011: Sept 8 -- La Niña, which contributed to extreme weather around the globe during the first half of 2011, has re-emerged in the tropical Pacific Ocean and is forecast to gradually strengthen and continue into winter. Today, forecasters with...
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September 8, 2011: KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Sept.8 -- The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) will play a key role in finding solutions to what the National Science Foundation (NSF) has deemed the "most important,...
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September 6, 2011: WASHINGTON, Sept.6 -- Water managers throughout the country are increasingly using outputs from climate models in research and to help support their long-term management decisions.In the Aug.2nd issue of Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical...
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September 1, 2011: WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- As part of the overall federal response to Hurricane Irene, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) can help communities address watershed impairments which might cause imminent...
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August 29, 2011: WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 29 -- Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael L. Connor announced today that two additional projects have been selected to receive a total of $1.3 million in Fiscal Year 2011 WaterSMART Water and Energy Efficiency...
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August 29, 2011: ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 29 -- While Hurricane Irene had officials along the East Coast preparing for mass evacuations, scientists at the Stroud Water Research Center and the University of Delaware were grabbing their best data collection tools and...
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August 26, 2011: LA JOLLA, Calif., Aug. 26 -- The Center for Environment and National Security (CENS) at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, will bring together representatives from key science, finance and government sectors to consider the...
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August 23, 2011: TEMPE, Ariz., Aug. 23 -- For many people, the word "desert" conjures up an image of vast stretches of barren sand. Those who live in the Sonoran Desert know that desert ecosystems are much more diverse than that. But how many of us connect...
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August 22, 2011: ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 22 -- Faced with increasing risks of intense storms, heat stress, clean water availability and economic hardship, municipal leaders are seeking high-quality, location-specific analyses to help plan for climate change...
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August 21, 2011: WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- If you'd like to cool off fast in hot summer weather, take a dip in a newly discovered ocean current called the North Icelandic Jet (NIJ). You'd need to be far, far below the sea's surface near Iceland, however, to reach...
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August 19, 2011: NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded Paul Smith's College in the Adirondacks a $332,869 grant to implement a recreational boat inspection program that will prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species -...
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August 17, 2011: CHICAGO, Aug. 17 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today awarded eight Wisconsin organizations and agencies $3,754,554 in grants under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. These grants are among 70 grants totaling nearly $30...
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August 17, 2011: EAST LANSING, Mich., Aug. 17 -- Climate and growing seasons are changing, and a Michigan State University professor is helping farmers adapt to those changes. Ask farmers if they believe in climate change and political views tend to temper...
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August 16, 2011: WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- The USDA Forest Service recently awarded $726,000 to organizations in New York, Texas and Illinois for projects advancing understanding of the relationships between the urban forest, climate change and public health. The...
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August 11, 2011: WASHINGTON, Aug 11 -- Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael L. Connor today released five appraisal reports for projects in Colorado, Montana, Nebraska and South Dakota under the Rural Water Supply Program. These appraisal reports are the...
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August 11, 2011: AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 11 -- Ice and frozen ground at the North and South Poles are affected by climate-change-induced warming, but the consequences of thawing at each pole differ due to the geography and geology, according to a Penn State...
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August 11, 2011: WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, Aug. 11, 2011 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced $100 million in financial assistance to acquire permanent easements from eligible landowners in four counties and assist with wetland restoration on...
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August 9, 2011: EAST LANSING, Mich., Aug. 9 -- Lakes, streams and wetlands are not isolated ecosystems, and a Michigan State University professor and her colleagues are pioneering a new field of research to show just how interconnected they are to their...
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August 9, 2011: KINGSTON, R.I., Aug. 9 -- When beavers dam a stream, they create wetlands that provide important habitat but may also generate methane gas, one of the greenhouse gases responsible for climate change. To examine the affect these ponds have on...
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August 3, 2011: RIVERSIDE, Calif., Aug. 3 -- Water, an increasingly critical resource in the world, factors prominently in turfgrass research. Since the first edition of "Turfgrass Water Conservation," a widely used reference, was released in 1985, the science...
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August 1, 2011: Sacramento, Calif., August 1 -- The Bureau of Reclamation announced today that the sponsors of 13 projects have been awarded $2.12 million to fund feasibility studies that assess the opportunity for reclamation and reuse of wastewater and...
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August 1, 2011: HONOLULU, Aug. 1 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Chittaranjan Ray, Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Interim Director of the Water Resources Research Center at the University of Hawaii at Manoa,...
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July 29, 2011: GALENA, Mo., July 29 -- Hot, dry weather has put lawns to the test this summer. As a result, many homeowners are attempting to keep their lawns active and alive by irrigating. It's normal for cool-season grasses such as fescue and bluegrass to...
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July 28, 2011: SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 28 -- The Bureau of Reclamation has made available for public review and comment a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Central Dublin Recycled Water Distribution and...
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July 26, 2011: WASHINGTON, July 26, 2011 -- Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael L. Connor has announced the selection of seven applied science projects to receive $1.2 million funding for the enhancement of water resource management in a changing...
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July 25, 2011: WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael L. Connor has announced that four projects have been awarded $2.09 million to accelerate the adoption and use of innovative advanced water treatment technologies that increase...
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July 22, 2011: LUBBOCK, Texas, July 22 -- In the battle against the state's prolonged and brutal drought, Texas Tech University agricultural researchers have released two new farmer-friendly computer tools that save scarce irrigation water and boost bottom...
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July 21, 2011: STORRS, Conn., July 21 -- The familiar slogan of environmentalists "Think Globally, Act Locally" is becoming a surprisingly accurate descriptor of how people are reacting to climate change, according to a study underway by a political scientist...
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July 20, 2011: WASHINGTON, DC, July 20, 2011 — Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that the Bureau of Reclamation is providing $2.7 million in funding for studies in California, Kansas, Nebraska, Oregon, Utah and Texas through the U.S....
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July 15, 2011: WASHINGTON – July 15, 2011 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that 14 communities, many with populations that are predominately Alaska Native, will receive $23.6 million through the Rural Alaska Village Grant program to fund...
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July 14, 2011: WASHINGTON, July 14 -- There is literally a way to undercut dust emissions in the very driest parts of the Pacific Northwest's Columbia Plateau region, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist. Brenton Sharratt, research...
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July 13, 2011: SEATTLE, July 13 -- Rice - which provides nearly half the daily calories for the world's population - could become adapted to climate change and some catastrophic events by colonizing its seeds or plants with the spores of tiny naturally...
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July 7, 2011: WASHINGTON, July 7 -- The United States has 751 million acres of forests that have remained remarkably stable during the past 50 years, according to the U.S. Forest Service's 2010 National Report on Sustainable Forests that was released...
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July 1, 2011: GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo., July 1 -- Reconstruction of Battlement Reservoir # 3 will begin on Wednesday July 6, 2011. This will be the third and final phase in the Battlement Reservoir Project, a project that began in 2001. The initial work is to...
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July 1, 2011: KINGSTON, R.I., July 1 -- Tiny marine organisms called zooplankton can use specialized adaptations that allow them to hide from predators in areas of the ocean where oxygen levels are so low that almost nothing can survive, but they may run...
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June 29, 2011: BOULDER CITY, Nev, June 29 -- The Bureau of Reclamation has issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) on a proposal to provide grant funding through the Water Conservation Field Services Program (WCFSP) to the City of St. George and...
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June 29, 2011: DURHAM, N.H., June 29 -- Researchers from the University of New Hampshire (UNH) have been awarded a $650,063 competitive federal grant from NASA to support work using satellite remote sensing data that will help identify regions in the northern...
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June 28, 2011: MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL, June 28 -- A new database of plants' traits will help scientists around the world learn more about how climate change is affecting ecosystems. The availability of plant trait data in the unified global database promises...
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June 27, 2011: WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Worldwide, 2010 was one of the two warmest years on record according to the 2010 State of the Climate report, which NOAA released today. The peer-reviewed report, issued in coordination with the American Meteorological...
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June 24, 2011: BALTIMORE, June 24 -- A new federal partnership aims to stimulate regional and local economies, create local jobs, improve quality of life, and protect Americans’ health by revitalizing urban waterways in under-served communities across the...
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June 22, 2011: FORT COLLINS, Colo., June 22 -- The School of Global Environmental Sustainability at Colorado State University has named the 2011-2012 awards for Global Challenges Research Teams, or GCRTs, and Resident Faculty Fellows. In a move to encourage...
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June 22, 2011: DAVIS, Calif., June 22 -- Climate change must receive serious consideration as officials contemplate whether to relicense hydroelectric projects throughout California, advises a watershed scientist at UC Davis. "Given the rapidity of climate...
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June 21, 2011: WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Researchers at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va. recently found a way to improve electricity generating fuel cells, potentially making them more efficient, powerful and less expensive. Specifically, they discovered a way...
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June 17, 2011: WASHINGTON, June 17, 2011— U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Chief Dave White today announced that six projects in four states were selected through the Cooperative Conservation Partnership...
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June 15, 2011: WASHINGTON, June 15 -- The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation is seeking proposals for applied science projects that can help resource managers develop adaptive strategies to mitigate the impacts of climate change, drought,...
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June 15, 2011: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 15 - The Desert and Southern Rockies Landscape Conservation Cooperatives are continuing their work to implement a collaborative, science-based response to climate change by naming their Steering Committees. The purpose of...
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June 15, 2011: SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 15 - The Bureau of Reclamation has made available for public review and comment a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the South San Joaquin Irrigation District (District)...
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June 10, 2011: WASHINGTON, June 10, 2011— Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will provide $3 million in Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program funds to five western states...
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June 9, 2011: WASHINGTON, June 9 -- A USGS study released today suggests that snowpack declines in the Rocky Mountains over the last 30 years are unusual compared to the past few centuries. Prior studies by the USGS and other institutions attribute the...
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June 7, 2011: WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that $7 million will be available to eligible farmers, ranchers and private non-industrial forest landowners in 11 states to implement conservation practices on...
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June 6, 2011: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 6 -- The Bureau of Reclamation today released a report titled "Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study Interim Report No. 1." The reports and analysis prepared as components of the Study will better define...
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June 6, 2011: PROVIDENCE, R.I., June 6 -- White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley today joined U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, Governor Lincoln Chafee, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras, and local students to highlight...
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June 6, 2011: WASHINGTON, June 6 -- It is a very muddy trek from the small boat to the field site along Raccoon Creek near Bridgeport, N.J. Villanova University marine scientist Nathaniel Weston and his team are all carrying ladders and equipment as they...
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June 3, 2011: WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the release of a new map that characterizes the health and condition of National Forest System lands in more than 15,000 watersheds across the country. The U.S. Forest...
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May 31, 2011: WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 31 -- Yellow starthistle already causes millions of dollars in damage to pastures in western states each year, and as climate changes, land managers can expect the problem with that weed and others to escalate. When...
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May 25, 2011: WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced more than $7 million in Tribal Wildlife Grants that will go to 37 Native American Tribes in 16 states to fund a wide range of conservation projects. "Tribal lands provide...
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May 23, 2011: WASHINGTON, DC – Deputy Secretary of the Interior David J. Hayes announced today that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has selected eight construction projects in California for funding under WaterSMART's Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse...
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May 19, 2011: WASHINGTON, DC — Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the Bureau of Reclamation has selected 54 new projects in western states to receive a total of $24 million in WaterSMART Water and Energy Efficiency Grants. Once...
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May 19, 2011: ALCALDE, N.M., May 19 -- It's one thing to have classroom lectures about the different aspects of a river, its watershed and ecosystem, and how water impacts a society, but it comes alive when students have hands-on activities on a field trip...
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May 18, 2011: WASHINGTON, May 18, 2011—Deputy Secretary of the Interior David J. Hayes and Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan today announced that by working together to leverage monies for water delivery agencies and agricultural producers in...
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May 16, 2011: FORT COLLINS, Colo., May 16 -- Colorado State University's School of Global Environmental Sustainability is the host for this year's Colorado Conference on Earth System Governance May 17-20 at the university's Lory Student Center. Keynote...
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May 16, 2011: WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Cigarette smoking, forest fires and woodburning can release a chemical that may be at least partly responsible for human health problems related to smoke exposure, according to a new study by NOAA researchers and their...
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May 11, 2011: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 11 – The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to form an innovative...
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May 11, 2011: WASHINGTON, May 11 -- A senior scientist, a partner in an environmental law firm, and an academic were selected by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to lead the advisory committee that will produce the next National Climate...
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May 9, 2011: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 9, 2011 -- Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Connor announced today the selection of nine Feasibility Studies for funding under WaterSMART's Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse Program in California, Oklahoma,...
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May 9, 2011: WASHINGTON, May 9 -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its partners have launched an unprecedented series of 50 stories for 50 consecutive weekdays that explores the many ways accelerating climate change is impacting or may impact fish and...
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May 5, 2011: AMES, Iowa, May 5 -- The agricultural systems and processes that have developed in the past decades need to be re-examined, says an Iowa State University professor who has studied the issue for years. Cornelia Flora, distinguished professor in...
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May 3, 2011: WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Today Deputy Secretary of the Interior David J. Hayes announced that a new geospatial website, "ChangeMatters," has made the Department of the Interior's satellite imagery of the world more easily accessible to the...
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April 28, 2011: MERCED, Calif., April 28 -- Dozens of students at the University of California, Merced, will be able to research new ways of increasing energy efficiency and protecting our environmental resources thanks to a $250,000 gift to the campus from...
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April 28, 2011: SANTA BARBARA, Calif., April 28 -- A team of scientists has produced an innovative new study of the environmental impact of major urban ecosystems, published in the April issue of the journal Ecological Applications. The team includes Joseph...
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April 27, 2011: MONTICELLO, N.M., April 27 -- Dennis and Trudy O'Toole, who share interests in history and historic preservation, retired and moved to New Mexico from New Hampshire in 1998. But, long before they called the Monticello Box Ranch home,...
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April 27, 2011: WASHINGTON, April 27 -- The Director of U.S. Navy's Task Force Climate Change (TFCC) said today the Arctic Ocean has been experiencing a rapid change in climate, and that it will soon have potential impacts on the Navy. The Task Force is...
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April 25, 2011: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 25 – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today released a report that assesses climate change risks and how these risks could impact water operations, hydropower, flood control, and fish and wildlife in the western...
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April 25, 2011: CORVALLIS, Ore., April 25 -- Amphibian declines around the world have forced many species to the brink of extinction, are much more complex than realized and have multiple causes that are still not fully understood, researchers conclude in a...
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April 25, 2011: SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 25 -- The Bureau of Reclamation’s Central California Area Office will celebrate Water Awareness Month with garden tours at its American River Water Education Center (ARWEC). ARWEC is located near Folsom Dam at 7785...
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April 25, 2011: WASHINGTON, April 25 -- A solar-powered yellow buoy bobbing in the middle of Port Susan is collecting information that will help forecast migration conditions for Stillaguamish River chinook. The Stillaguamish Tribe's Natural Resources...
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April 22, 2011: SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 22 -- The Bureau of Reclamation and the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) have made available for public review and comment the Draft Program Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report...
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April 22, 2011: DALLAS, April 22 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $171,897 to the New Mexico Environment Department to restore, protect and enhance water quality for Jaramillo Creek in North-central New Mexico. The project is a...
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April 21, 2011: ARLINGTON, Va., April 21 -- What tales they tell of their former lives, these old bones of sirenians, relatives of today's dugongs and manatees. And now, geologists have found, they tell of the waters in which they swam. While researching the...
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April 21, 2011: RIVERSIDE, Calif., April 21 -- While earthquakes, droughts, floods, and storms are natural hazards, "unnatural disasters" are the deaths and damages that result from human acts of omission or commission. But can unnatural disaster be prevented,...
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April 21, 2011: WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 21 -- The Earth may be able to recover from rising carbon dioxide emissions faster than previously thought, according to evidence from a prehistoric event analyzed by a Purdue University-led team. When faced with...
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April 20, 2011: WASHINGTON, April 20, 2011 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that up to $10 million will be available to help eligible landowners in three states reduce flooding, restore wetlands and enhance wildlife habitat in the Red...
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April 19, 2011: SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 19 -- The Bureau of Reclamation today announced the schedule for high-flow releases from Lewiston Dam into the Trinity River as part of the Trinity River Restoration Program. The official water year designation for the...
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April 18, 2011: WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Starting this Earth Day, April 22, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will launch a series of 50 stories for 50 consecutive weekdays that will explore the many ways accelerating climate change is impacting or may impact...
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April 14, 2011: BOISE, Idaho, April 14 -- The Bureau of Reclamation and the Washington State Department of Ecology have completed the Cle Elum Fish Passage Facilities and Fish Reintroduction Project Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and it is...
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April 14, 2011: CORVALLIS, Ore., April 14 – A research group has concluded that forests and other terrestrial ecosystems in the lower 48 states can sequester up to 40 percent of the nation’s fossil fuel carbon emissions, a larger amount than previously...
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April 13, 2011: RIVERSIDE, Calif., April 13 -- A team of University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering students placed first last week at an international environmental design competition for a system they created to clean hard, brackish...
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April 13, 2011: WASHINGTON, April 13 -- New research funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 will help city planners make better decisions about their urban trees for a range of benefits, including energy savings and improved access to...
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April 12, 2011: WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The Department of the Interior announced today that over the next six months, the Bureau of Reclamation expects to release a projected additional 3.33 million acre-feet (maf) of water from Lake Powell in Utah and Arizona...
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April 12, 2011: MANHATTAN, Kan., April 12 -- Natural disasters like hurricanes, tornadoes and floods occur every year, but are they getting worse? A Kansas State University expert says not yet - but they could soon. Bimal Paul, professor of geography at...
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April 11, 2011: COLLEGE STATION, April 11, 2011 – A Texas A&M University geography professor is developing a drought-prediction system that could benefit everyone from ranchers in South Texas to weekend gardeners in Kansas. Steven Quiring has received a...
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April 8, 2011: MOSCOW, Idaho, April 8 – Romella Glorioso will discuss negative impacts of amenity migration during “Amenity Migration and Climate Change: Planning for Sustainable Living in High Amenity Mountain Communities” on Monday, April 11 from 3-5...
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April 8, 2011: SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 8 -- Consistent with Department of the Interior guidance to continuously evaluate snowpack and reservoir levels within the Central Valley Project (CVP), the Bureau of Reclamation announces additional increases to...
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April 7, 2011: CLEMSON, S.C., April 7 — When communities face the threat of environmental catastrophe — earthquakes and tsunamis, landslides, droughts, toxic drinking water — the first people they look to for help typically aren't...
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April 7, 2011: COLLEGE STATION, April 7, 2011 – The drought situation in Texas has reached the critical stage, says a Texas A&M University atmospheric scientist who also serves as climatologist for Texas, and the U.S. Drought Monitor has designated parts of...
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April 6, 2011: YAKIMA, Wash., April 6 -- The Bureau of Reclamation and Washington State Department of Ecology will conduct public scoping meetings next month for a combined Planning Report/Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PR/PEIS) for an...
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April 5, 2011: WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 5 -- Chemical changes in tree leaves subjected to warmer, drier conditions that could result from climate change may reduce the availability of soil nutrients, according to a Purdue University study. Jeff Dukes, an...
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April 4, 2011: EAST LANSING, Mich. — Monitoring oxygen levels in water has applications for oil spills, fish farming, brewing beer and more – and a professor at Michigan State University is poised to help supply that need. The concept of oxygen sensors...
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April 1, 2011: BOZEMAN, MT., April 1 -- The future of water in Montana, and how changes could affect the important resource, will be explored when the Burton K. Wheeler Center at Montana State University hosts its spring conference, "The Cost of Water: Who...
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March 31, 2011: YUMA, AZ., March 31 – An idled desalination plant demonstrated the potential to augment Lower Colorado River supplies during a pilot run over the past year, officials with the Bureau of Reclamation and cooperating water agencies announced...
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March 31, 2011: EL PASO, Texas., March 31 -- The Chihuahua Desert presents a parched landscape that takes in much of Southwest Texas, including El Paso and neighboring Juarez, Mexico. This region is thirsty turf managed by ranches, irrigation districts, an...
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March 30, 2011: BOZEMAN, Mont., March 30 - Mariah Mayfield sometimes flies over the upper Clark Fork River in a two-seater airplane. Other times, she floats down the river in a kayak, or walks for miles along its banks. It's all to track trout in one of the...
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March 25, 2011: EAST LANSING, Mich., March 25 -- Hydrologists from MSU’s Department of Geological Sciences will embark on an extensive river-sampling campaign to better understand the pathways and processes of nutrient- and pathogen-loading to the Great...
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March 22, 2011: SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 22 -- The Bureau of Reclamation today announced an update to its Central Valley Project (CVP) Water Supply Allocation for the 2011 contract year. This updated allocation reflects improved precipitation and snowpack in...
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March 21, 2011: FRESNO, Calif., March 21 -- The Bureau of Reclamation has released a Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact on development of final phases of the Plum Basin Project, through partial funding to Tulare Irrigation...
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March 17, 2011: KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 17, 2011 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has selected five partner proposals that will help restore, enhance and protect high-priority wetlands and improve wildlife habitat, Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural...
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March 15, 2011: WASHINGTON, Mar. 15, 2011 – Effective use of conservation practices and systems by farmers in the Chesapeake Bay watershed are reducing sediment and nutrient losses from cultivated cropland. Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released...
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March 11, 2011: COLUMBIA, Mo., March 11 -- Development in urban, suburban and even rural areas can often limit the variety of plant and animal life in these environments. In some cases, development also means an increase in exotic plants, which can ultimately...
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March 10, 2011: WASHINGTON, March 10 -- The U.S. Forest Service and its partners released this morning the newest version of their free i-Tree software suite, designed to quantify the benefits of trees and assist communities in gaining support and funding for...
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March 9, 2011: WASHINGTON, D.C., Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael L. Connor announced today the availability of three WaterSMART Funding Opportunity Announcements: System Optimization Review Grants, Advanced Water Treatment Pilot and Demonstration...
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March 9, 2011: RESTON, VA., March 9 -- Natural stream flow suits native trout populations best, according to a new study that is the first to examine the impacts of dam operations on threatened freshwater trout. The study appears in River Research and...
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March 7, 2011: BOISE, Idaho -- The Bureau of Reclamation's March 2011, Total Water Supply Available (TWSA) forecast for the Yakima Basin indicates a full water supply for both senior and junior water rights. "We are expecting a near normal water supply at...
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March 4, 2011: COLUMBIA, Mo., March 4 -- The University of Missouri is one of nine land-grant universities participating in a five-year research program focused on keeping Midwest corn-based cropping systems resilient in the face of future climate...
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March 4, 2011: ALAMOGORDO, N.M., March 4 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: It has already been a tough season for some crop growers this year, with an unusual cold snap sweeping through the state in early February leaving many...
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March 2, 2011: RIVERSIDE, Calif., March 2 -- Rice, which is sensitive to drought due to its high water requirement, is particularly vulnerable to how global climate change is altering the frequency and magnitude of floods and droughts. If rice plants'...
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March 2, 2011: PHILADELPHIA, March 2 -- Threats to sources of drinking water and public health for more than 15 million people in Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey and New York will be the focus of a high-level forum in Philadelphia and five satellite...
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March 2, 2011: SANTA BARBARA, Calif., March 2 -- Simply by eating the leaves of an invasive tree that soaks up river water, an Asian beetle may help to slow down water loss in the Southwestern United States. Two scientists from UC Santa Barbara, working with...
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February 25, 2011: WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Congressman Collin Peterson today announced that the Spring Brook Watershed project plan has been approved by USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Chief Dave White. The project will receive $1million in...
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February 25, 2011: MOSCOW, Idaho, Feb. 25 -- Registration for the 4th annual President's Sustainability Symposium opens Friday, Feb. 25. The three-day event, which runs March 30 - April 1 at the University of Idaho, includes lectures, workshops, industry round...
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February 24, 2011: MOAB, Utah, February 24 — Drier conditions projected to result from climate change in the Southwest will likely reduce perennial vegetation cover and result in increased dust storm activity in the future, according to a new study by...
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February 24, 2011: ANCHORAGE, Ak., Feb. 24 -- The Department of the Interior held a ribbon-cutting ceremony today for its new Alaska Climate Science Center (CSC), which is being hosted in Anchorage by the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The ceremony for the...
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February 24, 2011: WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Wheat growers in the Southwest have a better idea about how to adjust to climate change in the decades ahead, thanks to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists in Arizona. Researchers with the USDA's...
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February 22, 2011: CORVALLIS, Ore., Feb. 22 -- Concerns over the future of water in the American West have prompted scientists from three Oregon universities to join together to study how climate change, human population growth and economic growth will impact...
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February 21, 2011: EAST LANSING, Mich., Feb. 21 -- Climate change is already having an effect on the safety of the world's food supplies and unless action is taken it's only going to get worse, a Michigan State University professor told a symposium at this year's...
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February 18, 2011: PULLMAN, Wash., Feb. 18 -- Helping one of the largest wheat producing regions in the world mitigate and successfully adapt to climate change is the focus of research that scientists from the University of Idaho, Washington State University and...
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February 18, 2011: MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 18 -- The University of Minnesota is one of 10 land-grant universities that will be involved in research on keeping Midwest corn-based cropping systems resilient in the face of future climate uncertainties....
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February 18, 2011: CORVALLIS, Ore., Feb. 18 -- Oregon State University has been named a partner on a $20 million grant to ensure the long-term viability of cereal-based farming in the inland Pacific Northwest amid a changing climate. OSU will receive $4 million...
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February 15, 2011: WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today joined Canadian Ambassador Gary Doer in a ceremony at the Woodrow Wilson Center celebrating an agreement to protect the transboundary Flathead River Basin. The agreement reached...
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February 14, 2011: WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The President's FY 2012 budget request of $1.7 billion for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) will focus funding on the agency's highest priority conservation initiatives, such as the America's Great Outdoors...
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February 14, 2011: WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- President Obama's fiscal year 2012 Budget request of $12.2 billion for the Department of the Interior reflects fiscal discipline, setting priorities and cutting worthy programs, while investing responsibly to sustain the...
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February 14, 2011: WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The President's proposed $1.1 billion budget for the U.S. Geological Survey in 2012 emphasizes cost-containment and program savings while investing in research and development programs to restore and protect the nation's...
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February 14, 2011: WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- President Barack Obama's FY 2012 budget request released today includes a total of $1,018.4 billion for the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation (http://www.usbr.gov/). The President's request reflects his...
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February 14, 2011: MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Feb. 14 -- Agricultural runoff - fertilizers and manure from cultivated fields and feedlots, and sediment washed away by erosion - pollutes many U.S. lakes and rivers. Craig Cox of the Environmental Working Group will talk...
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February 11, 2011: WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking eligible non-federal entities interested in participating in a Basin Study under the WaterSMART Program. Those entities interested in proposing a Basin Study to Reclamation must submit...
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February 10, 2011: COOKEVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 10 -- Researchers investigating how large dams can affect local climates say dams have the clear potential to drastically alter local rainfall in some regions. A study by researchers at Tennessee Tech University, Purdue...
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February 10, 2011: AMHERST, Mass., Feb. 10 -- Using new, high-resolution global ocean circulation models, University of Massachusetts Amherst geoscientist Alan Condron, with Peter Winsor at the University of Alaska, report this week that massive glacial...
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February 10, 2011: WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The USDA Forest Service unveiled its proposed Forest Planning Rule today which would establish a new national framework to develop land management plans that protect water and wildlife and promote vibrant...
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February 7, 2011: WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- U.S. Forest Service scientists are putting the wonders of climate change into the hands of middle school students through the latest edition of the Natural Inquirer, a science education journal that showcases in-depth...
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February 7, 2011: HONOLULU, Feb. 7 -- Earth's global temperature has been rising gradually over the last decades, but the warming has not been the same everywhere. Scientists are therefore trying to pin down how the warming has affected regional climates because...
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February 7, 2011: WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Information about this report can be found online (http://water.usgs.gov/wateravailability/greatlakes/). Though the Great Lakes are the largest freshwater system on Earth, the basin has the potential for local shortages,...
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February 3, 2011: WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- New discoveries on how underwater ridges impact the ocean's circulation system will help improve climate projections. An underwater ridge can trap the flow of cold, dense water at the bottom of the ocean. Without the...
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February 2, 2011: MOSCOW, Idaho, Feb. 2 -- In his recent State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama noted that one government agency deals with salmon when it inhabits fresh water, while another agency oversees them in salt water. He quipped that "things...
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February 2, 2011: La JOLLA, Calif., Feb. 2 -- In a winter of unpredicted weather, a multiyear project to investigate the possible effects of air pollution on California's precipitation launches a new phase with a series of research flights that begin today...
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February 2, 2011: WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- The U. S. Forest Service, today with partner organizations, the National Association of State Foresters and the American Forest Foundation, announce the U.S. celebration of the official United Nations International Year of...
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January 28, 2011: BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 28 -- The Idaho Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) set aside $200,000 this year for its Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) program which funds projects that stimulate new strategies for resource conservation on...
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January 25, 2011: WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- An analysis of more than 50 years of records at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) premier mountain observatory in Idaho shows that climate warming is causing the rain/snow transition elevation to move...
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January 24, 2011: WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 24 -- Disaster recovery, diabetes management, cancer prevention and sustainability are some of the research topics that Purdue University's Global Policy Research Institute will support through the organization's...
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January 21, 2011: FARMINGTON, N.M., Jan. 21 -- New Mexico State University's Farmington Agricultural Science Center is helping to turn the Four Corners region green through agricultural, environ-mental and economic development. "As the only agricultural...
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January 20, 2011: SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 20 -- The Bureau of Reclamation will host two public meetings to present information and receive comments on the proposed revision to the Standard Criteria for Evaluating Water Management Plans (Criteria). Reclamation...
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January 20, 2011: WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration issued the following press release: While wet and snowy weather has dominated the western U.S., persistent drought conditions are likely to...
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January 20, 2011: MOSCOW, Idaho, Jan. 20 -- The University of Idaho issued the following news release: Climate change may allow plants to expand downhill as precipitation increases in addition to expanding uphill as temperatures rise, a University of Idaho...
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January 18, 2011: GAINESVILLE, Fla., Jan. 18 -- The University of Florida issued the following news release: Leading environmental policy analyst Lynn Scarlett will be visiting the University of Florida campus next week to present a lecture and workshop and...
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January 18, 2011: CORVALLIS, Ore., Jan. 18 -- Oregon State University issued the following news release: A new analysis of the Northern Hemisphere's "albedo feedback" over a 30-year period concludes that the region's loss of reflectivity due to snow and sea ice...
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January 14, 2011: DALLAS, Jan. 14 -- Texas A&M University, a component of the public university system in Texas, issued the following news from its agriculture program: Free training for environmental educators, teachers, volunteers and others interested in...
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January 13, 2011: Four States Irrigation Council 58th Annual Meeting Remarks Delivered By: Michael Connor, Commissioner Four States Irrigation Council Fort Collins, Colorado January 13, 2011 One of the great joys that I have in running the Bureau of Reclamat
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January 13, 2011: LARAMIE, Wyo., Jan. 13 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: King Air, the University of Wyoming's uniquely-instrumented research aircraft, is working on a first-of-its-kind experiment over the skies of Colorado that...
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January 11, 2011: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation have published a report, "Addressing Climate Change in Long-Term Water Resources Planning and Management: User Needs for Improving Tools and Information," that identifies the needs of...
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January 10, 2011: WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 10 -- Purdue University issued the following news release: Five Purdue Extension specialists will give presentations and lead discussions for farmers and other agricultural professionals at the 2011 Fort Wayne Farm...
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January 10, 2011: The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review a Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for construction of a groundwater bank by the Fresno Irrigation District. Reclamation would partially finance the...
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January 3, 2011: EL PASO, Texas, Jan. 3 -- Texas A&M University, a component of the public university system in Texas, issued the following news from its agriculture program: Frustrated green thumbs in the desert, be patient. The days of groveling in gravel...
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December 20, 2010: MANHATTAN, Kan., Dec. 20 -- Kansas State University issued the following news release: A Kansas State University professor is part of a national research team that discovered that streams and rivers produce three times more greenhouse gas...
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December 20, 2010: MEXICO CITY – U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Mexican Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada today announced the successful completion of an agreement, known as ‘Minute 318,’ to adjust water...
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December 17, 2010: LAS VEGAS, Nev., Dec. 17 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: Thank you. I want to recognize Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Anne Castle. I have known Anne for years, and she is a terrific leader...
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December 17, 2010: LAS VEGAS, NV — Today, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar joined Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley to sign the historic San Juan Navajo Water Rights at the Colorado River Water Users Association Annual Conference. Secretary Salazar also...
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December 14, 2010: TEMPLE, Texas, Dec. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Texas office issued the following news release: The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is seeking proposals for projects...
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December 13, 2010: TEMPE, Ariz., Dec. 13 -- Arizona State University issued the following press release: In 1986, Marc Reisner published "Cadillac Desert: The American West and its disappearing water," a foundational work about the long-term environmental costs...
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December 13, 2010: ATHENS, Ga., Dec. 13 -- The University of Georgia issued the following news release: Water scarcity in the western U.S. has long been an issue of concern. Now, a team of researchers studying freshwater sustainability in the U.S. have found...
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December 13, 2010: Slower-growing trees. More severe fires. More bark beetle outbreaks. A lot more dead trees. And big changes in where various tree species are dominant in southwestern U.S. forests. This is the worrisome forecast suggested for southwestern...
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December 13, 2010: Commissioner's Office Washington, D.C. Media Contact: Peter Soeth 303-445-3615 Released On: December 13, 2010 Two WaterSMART Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse Program Funding Opportunities Now Available The Bureau of Reclamation an
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December 9, 2010: Commissioner's Office Washington, D.C. Media Contact: Peter Soeth 303-445-3615 Released On: December 09, 2010 WaterSMART Water and Energy Efficiency Grants Funding Opportunity Available The Bureau of Reclamation announced today that a Wa
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December 6, 2010: WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 6 -- Purdue University issued the following news release: Midwest farmers could get a permanent dose of southern-style weather if future climate change projections are accurate, says a Purdue University agricultural...
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December 6, 2010: Mid-Pacific Region Sacramento, Calif. Media Contact: Pete Lucero 916-978-5100 Released On: December 06, 2010 Reclamation Releases Draft Environmental Documents for Long-Term Warren Act Contract with Cawelo Water District The Bureau of
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November 30, 2010: CORVALLIS, Ore. – In the not-too-distant future, Oregon will face summer water shortages, an increase in wildfire risk, more extreme weather events, new environmental responses to climate change and myriad economic challenges – and...
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November 30, 2010: DURHAM, N.H., Nov. 30 -- The University of New Hampshire issued the following news release: Once lost in the mists of time, the colonial hydrology of the northeastern United States has been reconstructed by a team of geoscientists, biological...
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November 23, 2010: PASADENA, Calif. – In the first comprehensive global survey of temperature trends in major lakes, NASA researchers determined Earth's largest lakes have warmed during the past 25 years in response to climate change. Researchers Philipp...
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November 23, 2010: Mid-Pacific Region Sacramento, Calif. Media Contact: Pete Lucero 916-978-5100 Released On: November 23, 2010 Reclamation Releases Draft Environmental Documents for Intertie between Storage District, Irrigation District The Bureau of Recl
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November 16, 2010: Mid-Pacific Region Sacramento, Calif. Media Contact: Pete Lucero 916-978-5100 Roney Gutierrez 530-792-5649 Released On: November 15, 2010 Federal Agencies Collaborate to Provide Funding Opportunity for Bay-Delta Water Efficiencies Th
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November 5, 2010: LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Nov. 4 -- The Los Angeles Air Force Base issued the following news release: 2010 has been an eventful year in energy and water conservation for SMC. Lighting system upgrades, which primarily work off...
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November 5, 2010: LARAMIE, Wyo., Nov. 4 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The University of Wyoming is one of nine institutions established under a major collaborative research initiative designed to study the potential impacts of...
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November 4, 2010: FORT COLLINS, Colo., Nov. 2 -- Colorado State University issued the following press release: Jorge A. Ramirez, a Colorado State University professor of civil and environmental engineering, will lead a new $2.75 million research and education...
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October 28, 2010: McALLEN, Texas, Oct. 27 -- Texas A&M University, a component of the public university system in Texas, issued the following news from its agriculture program: Public service announcements are scheduled to begin airing on television in the Rio...
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October 28, 2010: MADISON, Wis., Oct. 27 -- The University of Wisconsin-Extension issued the following news release: A 16,697-acre area of freshwater marshes, uplands and river on the shores of Lake Superior in Wisconsin became the 28th member of the National...
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October 26, 2010: KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 25 -- The University of Tennessee issued the following news release: Do we comprehend the fragility of our water systems? Randall Gentry, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and the director of the...
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October 22, 2010: Secretary Salazar Launches New North Central Climate Science Center 10/21/2010 Contact: Joan Moody (202) 208-6416 WASHINGTON, DC—Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that the Department of the Interior’s North Central...
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October 21, 2010: MERCEDES, Texas, Oct. 20 -- Texas A&M University, a component of the public university system in Texas, issued the following news from its agriculture program: Lots of encouraging news and useful information about water conservation will be...
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October 21, 2010: DURHAM, N.H., Oct. 20 -- The University of New Hampshire issued the following news release: Scientists from the University of New Hampshire's Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space (EOS) have been awarded an $827,492 contract from...
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October 20, 2010: PHOENIX, AZ—At a meeting of water leaders from the seven Colorado River Basin states in Phoenix today, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the Department of the Interior has chosen the University of Arizona as home base for a...
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October 19, 2010: LAS CRUCES, N.M., Oct. 18 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: What started out as a friendship formed when two turfgrass specialists went on a conference field trip in Wales has become a unique partnership between...
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October 18, 2010: Commissioner's Office Washington, D.C. Media Contact: Dan DuBray 202-513-0574 Released On: October 15, 2010 Title XVI Water Recycling and Reuse Funding Criteria Available The Bureau of Reclamation has published the funding criteria for t
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October 7, 2010: The Bureau of Reclamation today released for public review a Draft Environmental Assessment and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact on Delano-Earlimart Irrigation District grants that would help fund an expansion project. The district would...
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September 16, 2010: Madam Chairwoman and Members of the Subcommittee, I am George Skibine, Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs. I am pleased to provide the views of the Department of the Interior (Department) on H.R. 5039. H.R. 5039...
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August 31, 2010: The Bureau of Reclamation awarded $500,000 for the CALFED Water Use Efficiency Grant Program in Fiscal Year 2010. With combined local cost shares, more than $15 million in water management improvement projects will be implemented in the next 24...
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August 27, 2010: The Bureau of Reclamation has approved funding to study water supply opportunities in Oregon and Idaho under its WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America’s Resources for Tomorrow) Basin Study Program. Through the Basin Study Program,...
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August 19, 2010: The Nebraska Department of Natural Resources (NDNR) has been selected for a Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) Basin Study for the Niobrara River Basin. Reclamation will provide $350,000 of...
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August 12, 2010: Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Connor announced the selection of $665,250 in System Optimization Review grant proposals through the WaterSMART Program. This money will be leveraged to fund over $1.8 million in System Optimization...
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August 12, 2010: Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Connor announced today the selection of $2,034,208 in WaterSMART grants for Advanced Water Treatment Pilot and Demonstration projects. This money will be leveraged to fund over $14.9 million in total...
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August 12, 2010: Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Connor announced today that Reclamation will make $3.3 million available for six basin studies and two plans of study to begin in fiscal year 2010. This funding will match over $4 million in...
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July 29, 2010: Madam Chairwoman and members of the Subcommittee, I am Mike Connor, Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation). I am pleased to provide the views of the Department of the Interior (Department) on the many activities underway during...
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July 15, 2010: Madam Chairwoman and members of the Subcommittee, I am Michael Connor, Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation). I am pleased to provide the views of the Department of the Interior (Department) regarding Reclamation's progress in...
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May 17, 2010: Madam Chairwoman and Members of the Subcommittee, I am Mike Ryan, Great Plains Regional Director for the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation). I am pleased to be here today to discuss how Reclamation works with our customers here in Colorado to...
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April 27, 2010: Madam Chairwoman and Members of the Subcommittee, I am Kira Finkler, Deputy Commissioner for External and Intergovernmental Affairs at the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation). I am pleased to provide the views of the Department of the Interior...
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April 27, 2010: Madam Chairwoman and Members of the Subcommittee, I am Kira Finkler, Deputy Commissioner for External and Intergovernmental Affairs at the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation). I am pleased to provide the views of the Department of the Interior...
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April 9, 2010: Madam Chairwoman and Members of the Subcommittee, I am Lorri Gray-Lee, Regional Director of the Lower Colorado Region for the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation). I am pleased to be here with you today to talk about the roles of the Department...
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March 18, 2010: Madam Chairwoman and Members of the Subcommittee, I am Karl Wirkus, Deputy Commissioner for Operations at the Bureau of Reclamation. I am pleased provide the views of the Department of the Interior (Department) on H.R. 4579, the South San Diego...
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March 16, 2010: Madam Chairwoman and Members of the Subcommittee, I am Mike Connor, Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation). I am pleased to be here today on behalf of the Department of the Interior (Department) to discuss the WaterSMART...
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March 16, 2010: The Bureau of Reclamation announces the availability of the Water and Energy Efficiency Grants funding opportunity, the first funding opportunity in 2010 under the WaterSMART program. The funding opportunity is available online at...
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March 1, 2010: The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking letters of interest from non-federal entities throughout the 17 western states to conduct river basin or sub-basin studies where water supply and demand imbalances may exist. This program is part of the...
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February 22, 2010: WASHINGTON, D.C.—Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today signed a Secretarial order establishing a new water sustainability strategy for the United States. Salazar showcased the Department of the Interior’s WaterSMART Initiative at a...
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