Recent News or Highlighted Items
(in reverse chronological order)
10/08 CSREES National Integrated Water Program announces the funding of $10 million in water resources projects. Complete listing of the FY2008 Projects posted.
8/08 The Heartland Regional Survey of Public Perceptions and Attitudes about Water is available.
6/08 Mid-Atlantic Regional Water Coordination Program receives award from the American Agricultural Economics Association for magazine article.
5/08 USDA-CSREES NRI awards
more that $5M in water quality grants. View the 2007
project listing for more information.
3/08 The 2008 CSREES National Water Conference Proceedings now available online.
11/07 NRCS-CSREES
awards two Synthesis project grants
to
assess the 13 Watershed studies funded in the Conservation
Effects Assessment Project
.
Learn more in their CRIS
records.
11/07
- NIWQP FY07 funded projects announced.
Submit
nominations by 11/1/07 for
the Outstanding Integrated Water
Resources Team and the Outstanding Water Resources Program
10/07
National Research Council's report on the Water
Implications of Biofuels Production
was
released.
9/07
- Executive
Office of the President released A
Strategy for Federal Science and Technology to Support Water Availability
and Quality in the US
.
7/07
- New Template released for this website. New section featured
is Focus Issues. National Facilitation Projects are now listed
under National Projects. Listing of all projects funded by CSREES
NIWQP and the CSREES NRI Water and Watersheds Program are listed
under Watershed Projects.
3/07
- 2007 CSREES National Water Conference
Proceedings now posted!
2/07
- The Rio
Grande Basin Initiative won the 2007 USDA CSREES National Water
Program's first annual award for Outstanding Integrated Activities
for Water Resources.
2/07
- Congratulations to Jason
Todd
(UGA)
and Paige
Pucket (NCSU),
winners of the 2007 Student Poster Competition.
2/07
- Updated National
Publication Materials posted.
1/07
- View transcript
remarks
by
Agriculture Secretary Johanns to the American Water Resources
Association.
1/07
- National and UConn NEMO recently led EPA
Watershed Academy Webcast.
11/06
- CSREES National Integrated Water Quality Program (NIWQP) announces
over
$9 million in grant funds. See our funded
projects pages for more details.
10/06
- Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring National Facilitation Project
recently led EPA
Watershed Academy Webcast.
Land
Grant Water Quality Coordinator survey results
2005 and
2006 CSREES
National Water Conference Proceedings moved to the National
Water Program Website!
NEMO
National Facilitation Project's Hub
awarded
the 2006 Outstanding Achievement Award by the Renewable Natural
Resources Foundation.
CSREES
National Integrated Water Quality Program highlighted on pages
7-8 of the CSREES
Administrator’s Report to the Partnership
(Summer
2006).
Website
"About" page: Reorganized
and expanded. Use the pop-out menu by 'About' in navigation menu
to browse and learn more about the National Water Program.
Success Story page updated with new National Publications and links to Regional Success Stories.
CSREES
Agricultural Water Security White Paper
available
for download.
For information
on clean up, rebuilding and recovery after Hurricane Katrina, please
visit the LSU
Ag Center website
.
To contribute
Extension resources and expertise, please visit the Hurricane
Katrina: Extension Helping Extension webpage
.
USDA-REE
Listening Session Report on Agricultural Water Security
available for download.
2005 CSREES Road Map for Water is posted.
Additional news items can be found on the USDA-CSREES
Water Website (under "In
Focus").