Iowa helped create 'dead zone'; should help fix it By Marian Riggs GelbDesMoines Register; February 9, 2008http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008802090305 As shown in a recent government study and noted in Philip Brasher's article, "U.S. Study Says Iowa Among Main Gulf Polluters," Iowa ranks high among nine states whose farm runoff creates the so-called dead zone in the Gulf [...]

Indiana among top Gulf polluters By Philip Brasherand Maureen Groppe, Gannett News ServiceThe Indianapolis Star, February 5, 2008http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080205/LOCAL/802050420 WASHINGTON -- Farms in Indiana and eight other states cause most of the pollution that creates a "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, a new government study says. The study by the U.S. Geological Survey also [...]

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 [...]