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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">See below for EPA’s Nonpoint Source Pollution Newsletter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Ernie Panciera<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Supervising Environmental Scientist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Groundwater Protection and Nonpoint Source Programs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">RI DEM Office of Water Resources<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">235 Promenade Street, Providence, RI 02908<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">401-222-4700 x7603<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">ernie.panciera@dem.ri.gov<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Waye, Don [mailto:Waye.Don@epa.gov] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 04, 2016 8:29 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Distribution of the publication Nonpoint Source News-Notes <news-notes@lists.epa.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [news-notes] I buried the lead - *** EPA's Nonpoint Source News-Notes Issue #100 Now Available ***<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#843C0C">Re-sending to fix the header in yesterday’s announcement. We are celebrating the
<b><u>100<sup>th</sup> issue</u></b> of <b><i>News-Notes</i></b> with this latest issue (…not the 99<sup>th</sup> issue as my incorrect header had it).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#843C0C"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#843C0C">There’s some good stuff in this issue. My favorite article is about the great ideas in “Greening America’s Capitals (and Communities)” that begins on p. 6. The retrospective look at 100 issues of News-Notes is
a useful jaunt through the decades since Congress added the nonpoint source program into the Clean Water Act in the late 1980s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#843C0C"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#843C0C">Enjoy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">EPA’s <i>Nonpoint Source News-Notes</i>, Issue #100 (October 2016)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-10/documents/100issue.pdf"><i>NPS News-Notes</i> Issue #100</a> is now online. EPA’s
<i>NPS News-Notes</i> newsletter explores new and innovative programs, tools and resources available to help you manage polluted runoff. The newsletter’s cover page includes links to each section, article and announcement listed below. Previous issues may
be downloaded from the <span class="MsoHyperlink"><i>Nonpoint Source News-Notes</i> website (<a href="http://www.epa.gov/newsnotes">www.epa.gov/newsnotes</a>)</span>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">ISSUE #100 SNAPSHOT (see next section for article excerpts):<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">** NOTES FROM THE NATIONAL SCENE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> (1) Tracking Change Through Time: 100 Issues of News-Notes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> (2) Tool Helps Rural Communities Assess Opportunities for Smart Growth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> (3) Greening America’s Capitals Program Expands<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> (4) Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Settlement Will Fund Restoration<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">** NOTES FROM THE STATES, TRIBES AND LOCALITIES<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> (5) New Healthy Watersheds Grant Program Supports Protection Projects<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">** SOFTWARE SPOTLIGHT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> (6) New Tool Helps States Develop Wetland Water Quality Standards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> (7) Online Mapping Tool Encourages Drinking Water Source Protection<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">** REVIEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">** RECENT AND RELEVANT PERIODICAL ARTICLES<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">** WEBSITES WORTH A BOOKMARK<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">** CALENDAR<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">IN THIS ISSUE:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">===================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">** NOTES ON THE NATIONAL SCENE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">===================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The following are excerpts. For the full text of articles, see
<a href="https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-10/documents/100issue.pdf">
<i>NPS News-Notes</i> Issue #100</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">(1) Tracking Change Through Time: 100 Issues of News-Notes<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This month marks the publication of Nonpoint Source News-Notes’ 100th issue. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched the very first issue of News-Notes exactly 27 years ago, in October 1989.
Since that time, News-Notes has recorded remarkable changes in nonpoint source (NPS) pollution priorities, science and awareness. When News-Notes started, the Internet was brand new. Nobody had websites or email. Information was gleaned the old-fashioned way—through
books, magazines, journals, newspapers, letters, and phone calls. Back then, NPS pollution control programs largely targeted agricultural sources. Now, almost 30 years later, NPS pollution control efforts focus on everything from agricultural, timber and urban
impacts to emerging contaminants such as pharmaceuticals—and we have access to seemingly unlimited amounts of information. …<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">(2) Tool Helps Rural Communities Assess Opportunities for Smart Growth<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Rural communities cover much of the United States, but often grow at a slower rate and have fewer economic resources than metropolitan areas. Smart growth approaches to development can help these places strengthen
their economies while protecting both their environment and the health of their residents. To help small communities identify and prioritize strategies for reaching their economic, social and environmental goals, in 2015 EPA released a guide titled
<i>Smart Growth Self-Assessment for Rural Communities</i>. This document contains descriptions of strategies that rural communities can use to evaluate their existing policies, plans, codes and zoning regulations to identify ways to promote sound development
practices through strategic plans, policies, incentives and community engagement…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">(3) Greening America’s Capitals Program Expands<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Sometimes people need to see something to truly understand and imagine its possibilities. EPA’s Greening America’s Communities (GAC) program, originally known as Greening America’s Capitals, is helping cities
develop an implementable vision of environmentally friendly neighborhoods that incorporates innovative green infrastructure and other sustainable design strategies. Launched in 2010, the program helps city stakeholders see how their neighborhoods could look
with green elements, and then guides them as they craft a plan for making that vision a reality. EPA hopes to not only help communities increase their sustainability and environmental and economic health, but also to inspire local and state leaders to expand
this type of work elsewhere…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">(4) Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Settlement Will Fund Restoration<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">On April 20, 2010, the BP <i>
Deepwater Horizon </i>mobile drilling unit exploded, caught fire and sank in the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in the death of 11 workers and injury of 17 others. The damaged oil well discharged oil and natural gas for 87 days after the explosion, resulting in
the release of approximately 3.19 million barrels (134 million gallons) of oil into the Gulf—the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history. Six years later, on April 4, 2016, a federal court in New Orleans entered a consent decree resolving civil claims against
BP. This historic settlement resolves the U.S. government’s civil penalty claims under the Clean Water Act, the governments’ claims for natural resources damage claims under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, and also implements a related settlement of economic
damage claims of the Gulf States and local governments. Taken together, this resolution of civil claims is worth more than $20 billion and is the largest settlement with a single entity in the history of federal law enforcement…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">===================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">** NOTES FROM THE STATES, TRIBES AND LOCALITIES<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">===================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The following is an excerpt. For the full text of the article, see
<a href="https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-10/documents/100issue.pdf">
<i>NPS News-Notes</i> Issue #100</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">(5) New Healthy Watersheds Grant Program Supports Protection Projects<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">In June 2016 EPA and the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities awarded $1.4 million in grants for nine watershed protection projects in seven states under the new Healthy Watershed Consortium Grant Program.
The grants are supporting a variety of efforts by providing short-term funding to leverage larger financing for targeted watershed protection; providing funds to help build the capacity of local organizations for sustainable, long-term watershed protection;
and providing funds to support new techniques or approaches that advance the state of practice for watershed protection…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">===================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">** SOFTWARE SPOTLIGHT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">===================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The following are excerpts. For the full text of the articles, see
<a href="https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-10/documents/100issue.pdf">
<i>NPS News-Notes</i> Issue #100</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">(6) New Tool Helps States Develop Wetland Water Quality Standards<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">EPA and state water quality and wetland associations have partnered to develop an online tool, Templates for Developing Wetland Water Quality Standards. The tool will help states, territories and authorized
tribes (hereafter collectively referred to as “states”) develop protective and comprehensive narrative water quality standards for their wetlands. Once developed, the state may submit the wetland water quality standards to EPA for review and approval…<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">(7) Online Mapping Tool Encourages Drinking Water Source Protection
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Do you know where your drinking water comes from? Do you want to see what pollution sources might affect the quality of your water? EPA recently released an online mapping tool—the Drinking Water Mapping Application
to Protect Source Waters (DWMAPS)—to make this type of information available to everyone. Developed in consultation with EPA regional drinking water program staff, state drinking water regulators and public water system staff, DWMAPS is designed to help you
learn about your watershed and understand more about your water supplies and suppliers…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">================================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">**REVIEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">================================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The following is a list of topics. For the full descriptions, see
<a href="https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-10/documents/100issue.pdf">
<i>NPS News-Notes</i> Issue #100</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- EPA Announces Winners of Nutrient Recycling Challenge<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- Study Analyzes U.S. Conservation Practice Adoption Rates
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Climate Change<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- Climate Resources Publication List Developed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- EPA Releases New Online Training Module Featuring Climate Change and Water Resources<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- Nationwide Online Gaming Event Highlights Climate
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- Multiagency Web Dashboard Supports Climate Issues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- Report Highlights Management of Stormwater in Response to Climate Change<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- Report Reviews Climate Change Effects on U.S. Water Supplies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- Roadmap for Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry Released<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- Study Shows a Delay in Climate-Related Temperature Change in Mountain Streams<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Coastal Concerns<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- Report Shows U.S. Coastal Waters are a Mix of Good and Fair Health<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Data Resources<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- National Water Model Released<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- Northeast Habitat Map Viewer and Dataset Developed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- Online Tool Reports Estimated Pesticide Levels in U.S. Streams<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Education<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- Video Series to Increase Public Awareness of Water<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- Water Resources Extension Webinars Available<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Green Stormwater Infrastructure<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- Case Studies Highlight Communities Overcoming Infill Challenges<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- Design Toolkit Released<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- Document Presents Green Infrastructure Lessons Learned<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- EPA Study Shows Long-term Benefits of Green Stormwater Infrastructure<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- Green Infrastructure Effectiveness Compendium Released<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- Green Streets Video Online<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- Report Highlights Green Infrastructure in Parks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Stormwater Control<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- EPA Releases Template for Small Residential Lot Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- New Issue Brief Helps Communities Understand Stormwater Credit Trading<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- Report Highlights Use of Graywater and Stormwater to Enhance Water Supplies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- Stormwater Credit Trading Key to Protecting Waterways in the Nation’s Capital<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- USDA Partners with EPA on Resources Supporting Water Quality Trading<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Targeting Pollutants<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- Aquatic Trash Prevention Great Practices Compendium Released
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- Countries Adopt New Phosphorus Reduction Targets for Lake Erie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Strategy Report Available<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- Harmful Algal Bloom Field and Laboratory Guide Released<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- National Microbead Ban Signed into Law<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- USGS Provides Fact Sheet Summarizing 10 Years of Coal-Tar Sealant Findings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Watershed Management<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- Delaware Basin Initiative Moves Forward<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- USDA Adds 17 New Watersheds to National Water Quality Initiative<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Wetlands<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- EPA Releases Report on Condition of Nation's Wetlands<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- Public-Private Investment Will Improve Critical Wetlands in 12 States
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Other<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- Compendium Highlights Customer Assistance Programs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">============================================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">**RECENT AND RELEVANT PERIODICAL ARTICLES
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The following is a list of articles. For the full descriptions, see
<a href="https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-10/documents/100issue.pdf">
<i>NPS News-Notes</i> Issue #100</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- These Two Scientists Just Raised $4 Million to Test Soil Health for Farmers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- Help wanted: Seniors sought to monitor waterways, improve environment<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">=================================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">** WEBSITES WORTH A BOOKMARK<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">=================================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The following is a list of websites. For the full descriptions, see
<a href="https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-10/documents/100issue.pdf">
<i>NPS News-Notes</i> Issue #100</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- <a href="http://www.challenge.gov">
Challenge.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- <a href="https://www.epa.gov/climate-change-water-sector/calendar-climate-change-and-water-events">
EPA Calendar of Climate Change and Water Events</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- <a href="http://www.epa.gov/soakuptherain">
Soak Up the Rain</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- <a href="(www.conservationfund.org/what-we-do/conservation-acquisition/google-trekker">
The Conservation Fund’s Google Trekker</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- <a href="http://wikiwatershed.org">
WikiWatershed</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">** CALENDAR (Upcoming Events)
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- For an updated list of nonpoint source-related conferences, see the
<a href="http://www.epa.gov/polluted-runoff-nonpoint-source-pollution/nonpoint-source-events-calendar">
Nonpoint Source Events Calendar</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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