Kentucky, Indiana blamed for polluting Gulf waters By James BruggersLouisville Courier - Journal, February 4, 2008http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008802040389 There's a Massachusetts-size "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico that's threatening a $6 billion fishing industry there -- and Indiana and Kentucky are getting some of the blame. Findings by the U.S. Geological Survey put the two states [...]

Officials can help solve dead-zone issueThe Daily Advertiser, Lafayette; 2 February 2008http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200880201022 A battle could be brewing between fishermen and farmers over dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico. More than six years after a special task force pledged to reduce the zone to a quarter of its size by 2015, it is still growing. [...]

EDITORIAL: The nutrient nineTimes-Picayune; February 1, 2008http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-4/120184688377170.xml&coll=1 The Mississippi River drains a huge part of the country -- 31 states and two Canadian provinces -- but just nine states are responsible for most of the nutrient pollution that ends up in the Gulf of Mexico and causes the annual dead zone off Louisiana's coast.   [...]

Mapping Coastal Eutrophication By Garry PetersonResilience Science; Ecosystem services, Greenlash, Regime Shifts and Visualization; Jan 28, 2008For the Map and the full story, please go to: http://rs.resalliance.org/2008/01/28/mapping-coastal-eutrophication/ Current industrial agricultural practices produce a tradeoff between agricultural production and the quality of coastal ecosystems, because agricultural fertilizers that increase crop yields lead to the creation of [...]

Livestock Sector Drives Increasing Water Pollution By Lisa RaffenspergerWorld Resources Institute; Earth Trends Environmental Information; January 30, 2008For the full story, please go to:  http://earthtrends.wri.org/updates/node/279 Anyone who's ever seen a cow pasture would likely recognize some of the most immediate environmental impacts of large-scale livestock farming--trampled ground, eroded stream banks, lots of manure. However, a [...]

U.S. study says Iowa among main Gulf polluters By PHILIP BRASHER REGISTER WASHINGTON BUREAU JANUARY 30, 2008 Des Moines Register; 30 January 2008http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008801300376 Washington, D.C. - Farms in Iowa and eight other Midwestern and Southern states are causing most of the pollution that creates a "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, a government study [...]

Dead zone diet By MEGHA SATYANARAYANASun Herald, Biloxi, Mi; January 30, 2008http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=11E826E2530264E0&p_docnum=1Farms and their animals feed Gulf's algae The nutrient-rich muck created by corn, soybean and livestock farming in Mississippi and other states is fortifying the Gulf of Mexico dead zone, according to federal scientists in a new study. A possible trade-off of plentiful terrestrial [...]

9 states deemed biggest dead zone contributors By Bruce AlpertTimes-Picayune; 30 January 2008http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-2/120167404552400.xml&coll=1They produce bulk of nutrient runoff  WASHINGTON -- Increasing pressure on federal regulators to impose mandatory reductions in agricultural runoff, a new government report says that nine states in the Mississippi River Basin contribute most of the nutrients in the northern Gulf of [...]

Media Advisory: Agriculture Practices in 9 States Contribute Majority of Excessive Nutrients to Northern Gulf of Mexico By U.S. Geological Survey1/24/2008  http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1859 Released: 1/24/2008 12:34:15 PM Contact Information:U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological SurveyOffice of Communication119 National CenterReston, VA 20192 Rich Alexander Phone: 703-648-6869 Jennifer LaVista Phone: 703-648-4432 Editor's note: This story is of particular interest [...]

Mississippi water flows see increase By Amy WoldBaton Rouge Advocate; January 27, 2008http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/14459507.html Farming practices since ’50s found responsible for trend Since the mid-1950s, changes in farming practices in the Mississippi River basin helped put more water and more carbon into the Mississippi River, a trend that continues today, according to a science article published [...]