Submitted by G.A. Myers, Editor SPLASH
Special Topics in the Latest Newsletter
OUTLINE OF THE SPRING, 2008 SPLASH
FRONT PAGE: The
Dakota Water Watch. Jeanne Fromm.
OPERATIONS NEWS: The
Restoration has Landed! Lake Hanson
project complete.
FOUNDATION AND WEBSITE NEWS: Governing.com Daily link; John M. Corothers Clean Water
Foundation.
STATE WATER SCENE:
State Confirms Big Sioux River Pollution; Should Water to Burn Coal Trump
Everything? Crops Bleeding Acres
from CRP; Nature Conservency: Giving
Mother Nature a Helping Hand at Ordway Prairie; WRDA 2000 Authorization Extended
by Congress.
NATONAL/GLOBAL WATER SCENE: Poland Mired in Wetlands Row;
Dragon flies and Dameslfiles are Related Lake Dwellers; Carbon-neutral
Hydrogen on the Horizon; Report warns Global Warming will Reduce Great Lakes
Water Supply; Lake Value Perimeter; Some Frog Deformities Tied to Farm
Pollution; EPA: Cut Phosphorus in River by Half; Polluted Runoff Funding; Climate
Plan Targets Cars, Farms, Utilities, Feeling the Heat; Unlocking the Climate
Puzzle; Carbon’s New Math.
Governing.com Seven briefs
on water related subjects that may have been missed by the web surfers.
PEACE: A
holiday greeting from the executive board of SDL&SA.
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SPLASH ARTICLES FROM THE FALL, 2007 ISSUE HEADLINES
Tranquility Bay on Big Stone Project a Success
A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
“Where are we now and where are we going?”
ASSOCIATION NEWS
Misconceptions and Misleading Statements in the Press Were Potentially Damaging to the Dredging Project on Big Stone Lake.
Introducing the Executive Committee of South Dakota Lakes and Streams
OPERATIONS NEWS
Measuring the Volume of Dredged Sediment
SPECIAL FEATURE
Factory Farming in the U.S. and S.D.
FOUNDATION AND WEBSITE NEWS
Foundation News: John M. Corothers Clean Water Foundation
Website News: Update from the Webmaster
STATE WATER SCENE
Fall Around the Corner, or What?
Mike Williams Elected National President of Izaak Walton League
New Breed of Hogs Threaten to Suck State Dry
Bacterial Monitoring Project Update
Community Collaborative Rain Hail and Snow (CoCoRaHS)
Wind Power Preserves Water
E-mail excerpts to Lake Poinsett Water Project Board from Lake Poinsett
Sanitary Board: John M. Heisler
Rapid Creek Clean-up Program
Value of Lakeshore Perimeter
NATIONAL/GLOBAL WATER SCENE
Toxic Freshwater Cyanobacteria (formerly Blue-Green Algae)
Plant Mat Helps Clean Manure Lagoons
Constructed Wetlands: A Key to Habitat Creation and Water Quality Protection
Russian Scientists Discover Radiation-Absorbing Mineral
A New Image for the Water Hyacinth
U.S. PIRG (U.S. Public Interest Research Group) ARTICLES
Bill Would Restore The Clean Water Act
New Call for Global Warming
Live Earth Concerts
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Summary)
EARTHJUSTICE ARTICLES
Is Your Sushi Brand Killing Whales?
Fed Judge Recommends Restoring Endangered Species Act Protection for
Oregon Coast Coho Salmon
ASS
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We urge all Conservation Districts and Lakes or Streams Associations that have not already become members of SDLSA to seriously consider joining. We think that networking of the activities of each of the groups with similar goals might better be able to transfer what they are doing through the "SPLASH". In this way, we can gain from each others' successes through communication at the state level and beyond.
If you wish to get on the mailing list for SPLASH, become a member. Send requests for a membership application to gmyers@itctel.com and one will be sent to you either by e-mail or snail mail (Jerry Myers, 228 E. Lake Drive, Estelline, SD 57234. Annual membership donations are $20 for individual, $50 for corporations and conservation and water districts, and Lakes & Streams Assns.
Dr. Gerald A. "Jerry" Myers, SPLASH Editor
South Dakota Lakes & Streams Association
P.O. box 95
South Shore, SD 57263
ph. 1 (605) 756-4402
©
2002 all rights reserved
Last Update 10.Dec.2005
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We urge all Conservation Districts and Lakes or Streams Associations that have not already become members of SDLSA to seriously consider joining. We think that networking of the activities of each of the groups with similar goals might better be able to transfer what they are doing through the "SPLASH". In this way, we can gain from each others' successes through communication at the state level and beyond.
If you wish to get on the mailing list for SPLASH, become a member. Send requests for a membership application to gmyers@itctel.com and one will be sent to you either by e-mail or snail mail (Jerry Myers, 228 E. Lake Drive, Estelline, SD 57234. Annual membership donations are $20 for individual, $50 for corporations and conservation and water districts, and Lakes & Streams Assns.
Dr. Gerald A. "Jerry" Myers, SPLASH Editor
South Dakota Lakes & Streams Association
P.O. box 95
108 S. School St South Shore, SD 57263
ph. 1 (605) 756-4195 fax 1 (605) 756-4218
©
2002 all rights reserved
Last Update 5.Mar.2005