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2025 War Eagle Creek Stewardship Award: Beaver Watershed Alliance Recognizes the Tuberville Family

The Beaver Watershed Alliance (“BWA”) announced the presentation of the 2025 War Eagle Creek Stewardship Award (“Award”). The Award was presented to Josh and Claliegh Tuberville....more

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Upper White River Watershed Management Plan: H2Ozarks Announces Extension of Comment Period

H2Ozarks announced that the public comment period has been extended through April 22nd for the Upper White River Watershed Management Plan (“Plan”). The organization states that it is seeking community feedback to “ensure...more

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95th Arkansas General Assembly: Senate Bill 84 Prohibits Buffalo River and Other Watersheds Permitting Moratoriums

Senate Bill 84 has been introduced by Senator Blake Johnson of Corning and Representative DeAnn Vaught of Horatio prohibiting moratoriums in watersheds and other bodies of water....more

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Work Together or Fend for Yourself: New Rules Aim to Reduce Nitrogen from Cape Cod’s Septic Systems and Watersheds

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New rules issued by MassDEP offer Cape Codders a choice for controlling nitrogen pollution. The problem is well-understood. When too much discharged nitrogen reaches coastal waters, excess plant and algae growth replaces...more

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Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative/Natural Resources Conservation Service Request of Information: Association...

The Association of State Drinking Water Administrators and Ground Water Protection Council submitted April 7th comments to the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (“NRCS”) in...more

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Secchi Day Water Quality Results: Beaver Watershed Alliance Releases 2022 Sampling Report

The Beaver Watershed Alliance (“BWA”) released the 2022 sampling report (“Sampling Report”) generated by its 17th Annual Secchi Day Water Quality Event. BWA describes Secchi Day as an annual event taking place on Beaver...more

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Austin: A Battle Among Progressives

The City of Austin has become a battleground for progressive initiatives. On June 9, the City Council approved a resolution directed at water quality, flooding, and environmental justice. Surprisingly, these laudable...more

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Innovation in Iowa: Talking About the Future of Watershed Management With Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig - Reflections on...

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Developments in water law and policy are highly relevant to our way of life. Drawing from their wealth of experience as defense attorneys, prosecutors, policy makers, and most recently having run the Office of Water at the...more

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Chesapeake Restoration Update

At ACOEL’s 2019 annual meeting in Williamsburg I chaired a panel on the ongoing restoration of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, which I described as the biggest, and arguably the best, example of cooperative federalism in the...more

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California Environmental Law & Policy Update - September 2020 #3

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Montage Healdsburg resort faces $6.4 million fine for construction stormwater-related violations - Bullet The Press-Democrat – September 15 - The developer of the Montage Healdsburg hotel in Sonoma County is facing...more

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Illinois River Watershed Partnership/Online Learning Center: Commercial Low Impact Development/Rotational Grazing Webinars

The Illinois River Watershed Partnership (“IRWP”) is continuing its Online Learning Center. IRWP states that Week 3 will address: Commercial Low Impact Development - Rotational Grazing - ...more

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Northwest Arkansas/Eastern Oklahoma Water Quality: Illinois River Watershed Partnership Announces Online Learning Center

The Illinois River Watershed Partnership (“IRWP”) announced what it describes as an Online Learning Center. IRWP states that for the next four weeks it will: . . . be presenting the most pressing topics to our local...more

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Status of the Watershed 2019: Ozarks Water Watch Report

Ozarks Water Watch (“OWW”) issued its annual report (“Report”) summarizing water quality in the Upper White River Basin. Data from the Report is a result of volunteer efforts which is described as: . . . more than 3,400...more

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2019 Arkansas Water Resources Center Water Conference: July 30/31 Fayetteville, Arkansas

The Arkansas Water Resources Center (“AWRC”) announced the dates for its annual Water Conference (“Conference”). The Conference will be held July 30 and 31 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. AWRC states that the conference...more

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Middle White River Watershed Management Plan November 28th Meeting Scheduled/Batesville, Arkansas

The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission (“ANRC”) has scheduled a meeting to discuss the development of what is described as a “voluntary, non-regulatory Watershed-Based Management Plan for the Middle White River.” The...more

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Study for Flood Management/Water Quality Funding for the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas: Alan Pugh (Fayetteville) Beaver Watershed...

The Beaver Watershed Alliance (“BWA”) announced that Alan Pugh will undertake a presentation on November 29th addressing: Study for Flood Management & Water Quality Funding for the City of Fayetteville (“Presentation”) - ...more

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Arkansas/Oklahoma Memorandum of Agreement Announced: Illinois River Watershed Collaboration

The states of Arkansas and Oklahoma announced on November 14th the execution of a document titled: Memorandum of Agreement by and Between the Oklahoma Secretary of Energy and Environment, the Oklahoma Secretary of...more

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Beautiful Buffalo River Action Committee Meeting Scheduled for November 13th

The Beautiful Buffalo River Action Committee will hold its 2018 fourth quarter meeting at the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) on November 13th at 2:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at ADEQ...more

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Peak Wet Weather Flow Management/POTWs: Association of Clean Water Administrators Comments on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...

The Association of Clean Water Administrators (“ACWA”) submitted October 31st comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) on an August 31st Federal Register Notice soliciting input on: . . ....more

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Beautiful Buffalo River Action Committee Scheduled for August 21st

The Beautiful Buffalo river Action Committee will hold its 2018 third quarter meeting at the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) on August 21st. The meeting will be held at ADEQ Headquarters Commission...more

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Watershed Permit: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Announces Discharger/Sharing Arrangement

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”) announced in an August 3rd news release what it described as the issuance of: . . . a first-of-its-kind “Watershed Permit” to four towns sharing the Pleasant...more

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Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watershed's Initiative/National Water Quality Initiative: U.S. Department of Agriculture Announces...

The United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) announced in a July 19th news release that it is extending for five years two water quality initiatives. The extension was announced for the: Mississippi River Basin...more

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Status of the Watershed 2018/Upper White River Basin: Ozarks Water Watch

Ozarks Water Watch released its annual report summarizing water quality (2017) in the Upper White River basin. The document is titled: Status of the Watershed 2018 (“Report”)...more

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Source Water Quality and the Cost of Nitrate Treatment in the Mississippi River Basin: Northeast-Midwest Institute Report

The Northeast-Midwest Institute issued a report titled: Source Water Quality and the Cost of Nitrate Treatment in the Mississippi River Basin (Report) ...more

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Arkansas Environmental Personnel Moves: Clell Ford Named Beaver Watershed Alliance Executive Director

The Beaver Watershed Alliance (“BWA”) announced in a June 1st news release that its Board of Directors selected Clell Ford as the organization’s new Executive Director. Mr. Ford’s duties are stated to include: . . ....more

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