June 10, 2022

This Week's Highlights: Free fishing days, a new MS degree in water at Missouri S&T, application open for Leopold Conservation Award, an Oregon group petitions for a trash TMDL, drought concerns in the west, the Healthy Drinking Water Affordability Act, birders in K.C. on the lookout for the brown booby, and the mapping of Roaring River spring

MISSOURI
Roaring River Spring Mapped
How cave divers mapped the subterranean reservoirs at Missouri’s most popular state park
Missouri Life

New MS in Water Science
Top Ten Ways S&T is Solving for Sustainability
Missouri S&T News and Events

Leopold Conservation Award Application Open
Leopold Conservation Award
Missouri Farmers Care

Free Fishing Days
Mark your calendar–Free fishing days in Missouri happening June 11-12
Springfield News-Leader

Birders Lookout for the Brown Booby
Birders on the lookout for brown booby in the Kansas City region
MDC

NATIONAL
Group Petitions to Regulate Trash
Group petitions Oregon agency to regulate trash along Willamette River
OPB

Estimating Water Insecurity
Diet recalls provide information needed to estimate water insecurity in the U.S.
American Society for Nutrition
 
Partner to Improve Water Quality
Farmers to EPA: Need Partners, Not Regs
Progressive Farmer
 
Drinking Water Affordability Act
IAPMO Supports U.S. Sen. Baldwin's Healthy Drinking Water Affordability Act
PHCP Pros

California Tracks Water Usage Data
California seeks to rein in water usage by closing a nearly two-month gap in getting data from suppliers
KQTV St. Joseph

Stage 1 Water Alert
City of Phoenix Declares Stage 1 Water Alert and Activates Drought Management Plan
City of Phoenix

Climate change and cybersecurity added to water report
Black & Veatch Water Report: Data, Resiliency Drive Industry Amid Challenges of Aging Infrastructure, Climate Adaptation and Talent Acquisition
The Joplin Globe