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In Brief
The EPA’s Watershed Academy next webcast will focus on restoring Lake Champlain. It is scheduled for November 13, 12-2 p.m., and will feature NEIWPCC's Eric Howe, program director of the Lake Champlain Basin Program.
The EPA and partners will provide more than $3 million for 14 projects in Massachusetts coastal communities to support water infrastructure and climate resiliency projects.
Up to $1.5 million is available to build capacity in under-resourced Connecticut and New York communities to help protect and restore Long Island Sound. The request for applications for the Long Island Sound Community Impact Fund is open until December 1.
The New York-New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program (HEP) is hosting a State of the Estuary Conference on Nov. 28-30 to learn about how the estuary is changing. The conference includes a hands-on workshop on mitigating unconscious bias in the workplace and presentations of the best available data for 30+ indicators of estuarine health and current environmental trends.
Researchers at the University of New Hampshire are using drones to identify harmful algae blooms.
The EPA announced the launch of the Community, Equity & Resiliency initiative, an effort to help communities across the nation navigate EPA’s Inflation Reduction Act investments and other new funding opportunities.
The Long Island Sound Study has published proceedings from the Messaging and Forecasting Hypoxia for Long Island Sound Workshop.
The EPA finalized a rule that improves reporting on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI).
The University of Maine is leading the development of an interactive digital tool that will allow users to explore and analyze PFAS data on sites and sources of PFAS contamination throughout the U.S.
Nearly $128 million will support 186 environmental justice projects in communities across the country through EPA grant programs.
A new USGS study, “Broad-scale Assessment of Methylmercury in Adult Amphibians,” published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, shows that methylmercury in adult amphibians in the U.S. is common, widespread and, at least for some, can reach very high levels.
The Lake Champlain Basin Program seeks proposals for projects that support local watershed groups and provide opportunities for informing and involving the public in Lake Champlain outreach initiatives. The program anticipates awarding nearly $1,700,000 to local organizations, municipalities, and educational institutions.
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