Read our RiverWeb News for June 22, 2017 with stories on PRN/NWF #StopAsianCarpNow video series, the mysterious flow on the Middle Fork, and more.
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RiverWeb News June 8, 2017
Read our RiverWeb News for June 8, 2017 with stories on leaving the Paris Climate Agreement, the Middle Fork Town Hall meeting, and more.
Bill Seeks to End White House Delays in Combating Asian Carp Invasion
June 21, 2017 | Press Release
A bipartisan bill introduced today in Congress would push the Trump Administration to stop delaying a key effort to stop the Asian carp invasion of the Great Lakes.
Dynegy Claims the Mysterious Middle Fork Discharge
June 21, 2017 | Blog Post
Dynegy now states that they released an estimated 12 million gallons of water over the spillway of their cooling lake dam on April 25th. That day, hikers noticed what was usually a small creek flowing full from bank to bank with cloudy white water. Canoers saw this small tributary flow into the Middle Fork and turn the entire stream white. Both the hikers and the canoers noted that the color and flow rate of the stream was unusual and striking; not your typical brown sediment runoff but cloudy, white, and flowing fast.
Monticello Mayor Larry Stoner Signs Monarch Pledge
May 30, 2017 | Press Release
Monticello Mayor Larry Stoner will sign the National Wildlife Federation Mayors’ Monarch Pledge today at the Monarch Brewing Company in Monticello.