Friday, September 18, 2009
Free Clean Water Resource
An independent PBS production company has created an environmental learning kit from its acclaimed new two-hour PBS Frontline documentary "POISONED WATERS." The materials pair ten five-minute video segments with ten companion essays in a 26-page discussion guide that addresses the state of America's water ways, new pollution threats, and strategies for combating pollution and habitat disruption. The kit, which comes in a compact packet the size of a DVD box, is suitable for environmental groups, college university and high school science and environmental teachers, park rangers and natural refuge guides, garden clubs, soil conservation districts, water keepers, and grass roots activities engaged in public education and community organizing. It is not for sit-down viewing. The material is suitable for an adult audience, not for elementary and middle schools and are free of charge. Those interested should contact Simona Raetz at Hedrick Smith Productions at simonaraetz@live.com
AQUATOX Release 3 - Now Available
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Science and Technology, has released an enhanced version of the aquatic ecosystem simulation model AQUATOX. AQUATOX is a PC-based ecosystem model that predicts the fate of nutrients and organic chemicals in water bodies, as well as their direct and indirect effects on the resident organisms. AQUATOX Release 3 contains many enhancements that increase the realism and utility of the model. The most important enhancements include:
- Capability to represent estuaries at a screening level
- Capability to model multiple linked river and reservoir segments
- Enhanced nutrients analysis, including nutrient release from sediments, daily dissolved oxygen fluctuations, and toxicity from low oxygen and ammonia
- Capability to simulate biological effects of suspended and bedded sediments
- Calculation of biological metrics
- Enhanced sensitivity and uncertainty analyses
- Toxicity data estimation from ICE (Interspecies Correlation Estimation)
- Expanded data management, graphics and statistical analysis
- The software is now open source, meaning that other modelers can customize AQUATOX for their particular application
Visit the AQUATOX web site at http://epa.gov/ost/models/aquatox/ for more information or for downloading the model and its associated documentation.
- Capability to represent estuaries at a screening level
- Capability to model multiple linked river and reservoir segments
- Enhanced nutrients analysis, including nutrient release from sediments, daily dissolved oxygen fluctuations, and toxicity from low oxygen and ammonia
- Capability to simulate biological effects of suspended and bedded sediments
- Calculation of biological metrics
- Enhanced sensitivity and uncertainty analyses
- Toxicity data estimation from ICE (Interspecies Correlation Estimation)
- Expanded data management, graphics and statistical analysis
- The software is now open source, meaning that other modelers can customize AQUATOX for their particular application
Visit the AQUATOX web site at http://epa.gov/ost/models/aquatox/ for more information or for downloading the model and its associated documentation.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
OEEF grant writing workshops September/October (OH)
Grant Writing 101/102, September 22, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at SunWatch Indian Village/Archaeological Park, 2301 W. River Road
Dayton, OH 45418 (Montgomery County), co-sponsored by the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery, SunWatch Indian Village, the Environmental Education Council of Ohio Region 4, and Ohio EPA Office of Environmental Education. A $15.00 fee will cover lunch and morning refreshments. To register, contact Donna Lewis, dlewis@boonshoftmuseum.org or (937) 275-7431 ext. 114.
Grant Writing 101/102, Wednesday October 7, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at the Hancock County Agricultural Center, 7868 County Road 140, Findlay (Hancock County), 45840, co-sponsored by the Maumee Valley Resource Conservation and Development Council, the Environmental Education Council of Ohio Region 3, and Ohio EPA Office of Environmental Education. A $25.00 fee will cover materials, buffet lunch and morning refreshments. To register, contact Scott.miller@oh.usda.gov or (419) 784-3717.
Dayton, OH 45418 (Montgomery County), co-sponsored by the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery, SunWatch Indian Village, the Environmental Education Council of Ohio Region 4, and Ohio EPA Office of Environmental Education. A $15.00 fee will cover lunch and morning refreshments. To register, contact Donna Lewis, dlewis@boonshoftmuseum.org or (937) 275-7431 ext. 114.
Grant Writing 101/102, Wednesday October 7, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at the Hancock County Agricultural Center, 7868 County Road 140, Findlay (Hancock County), 45840, co-sponsored by the Maumee Valley Resource Conservation and Development Council, the Environmental Education Council of Ohio Region 3, and Ohio EPA Office of Environmental Education. A $25.00 fee will cover materials, buffet lunch and morning refreshments. To register, contact Scott.miller@oh.usda.gov or (419) 784-3717.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
EPA Launches TMDL Program Results Analysis Web Site
EPA has developed a new Web site to communicate information about Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Program results to technically specialized audiences, including TMDL developers, state water programs, academia,
other federal agency programs, and EPA water quality staff. A TMDL is
a calculation of the maximum amount of a pollutant that a waterbody can receive and still meet water quality standards, and an allocation of that load among the various sources of that pollutant. The TMDL Program Results Analysis Project is a multi-year effort directed at measuring and analyzing programmatic and environmental results of the program.
The Web site provides a Clean Water Act Impaired Waters Program Pipeline navigation feature, fact sheets, EPA reports and Web sites, EPA grantee reports and Web sites, publications, and datasets related to this effort.
The TMDL Program Results Analysis Web site is available at http://www.epa.gov/owow/tmdl/results
other federal agency programs, and EPA water quality staff. A TMDL is
a calculation of the maximum amount of a pollutant that a waterbody can receive and still meet water quality standards, and an allocation of that load among the various sources of that pollutant. The TMDL Program Results Analysis Project is a multi-year effort directed at measuring and analyzing programmatic and environmental results of the program.
The Web site provides a Clean Water Act Impaired Waters Program Pipeline navigation feature, fact sheets, EPA reports and Web sites, EPA grantee reports and Web sites, publications, and datasets related to this effort.
The TMDL Program Results Analysis Web site is available at http://www.epa.gov/owow/tmdl/results
Wonderful Wacky Water Critters booklets available
For a limited time, groups nationwide can place orders for large quantities of the University of Wisconsin-Extension's and WDNR's Wonderful Wacky Water Critters booklet. This booklet describes habitats and habits of many aquatic invertebrates (and a few
vertebrates) that live in our streams and ponds. You can view this 27 page booklet online (http://clean-water.uwex.edu/pubs/pdf/wav.wwwc.pdf). Each booklet also comes with an 11x17 inch folded copy of the Key to Macroinvertebrate Life in the River and Key to Life in the Pond, printed back to back. Many schools, service groups, and citizen monitors use the booklet and keys regularly.
Over the years I have been amazed at how many Wonderful Wacky Water Critters booklets have been ordered. So, in an attempt to offer this booklet to as many groups as possible, came up with a plan to place a mass order for many groups at once, by selling the booklets for $1.00 per copy plus shipping, for quantity orders (please order in sets of 25). You can download a pdf formatted order form or a Word formatted order form from this site:
http://www.usawaterquality.org/volunteer/VolunteerMonPrograms/Acheivements.html
vertebrates) that live in our streams and ponds. You can view this 27 page booklet online (http://clean-water.uwex.edu/pubs/pdf/wav.wwwc.pdf). Each booklet also comes with an 11x17 inch folded copy of the Key to Macroinvertebrate Life in the River and Key to Life in the Pond, printed back to back. Many schools, service groups, and citizen monitors use the booklet and keys regularly.
Over the years I have been amazed at how many Wonderful Wacky Water Critters booklets have been ordered. So, in an attempt to offer this booklet to as many groups as possible, came up with a plan to place a mass order for many groups at once, by selling the booklets for $1.00 per copy plus shipping, for quantity orders (please order in sets of 25). You can download a pdf formatted order form or a Word formatted order form from this site:
http://www.usawaterquality.org/volunteer/VolunteerMonPrograms/Acheivements.html
Monday, September 14, 2009
Student Environmental Action Coalition Seeks Organizer
The Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC) has been connecting youth to environmental justice issues for over 20 years and is seeking an experienced and motivated individual to join the organization as a youth, student and community organizer on environmental justice and climate change issues in Appalachia. This position is full time and covers Kentucky. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. Please send resume and cover letter to masmith09@gmail.com or call 415-606- 3953.
Your Hometown Clean Water Tour
Your Hometown Clean Water Tour
Your Hometown Clean Water Tour (PA# 1587) has been re-printed and is available for ordering from LANDCARE (1-888-LANDCARE). The three-fold brochure is geared for elementary and middle school-aged youngsters and describes 13 conservation practices that urban/suburban dwellers can employ to help keep their water clean.
Your Hometown Clean Water Tour (PA# 1587) has been re-printed and is available for ordering from LANDCARE (1-888-LANDCARE). The three-fold brochure is geared for elementary and middle school-aged youngsters and describes 13 conservation practices that urban/suburban dwellers can employ to help keep their water clean.
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