News

• "NOAA and Louisiana Scientists Say Gulf of Mexico 'Dead Zone' Could be Largest Since Measurements Began in 1985"
  NOAA Press Release (NOAA 2007-037),
  July 17, 2007

• "Researcher predicts larger Gulf dead zone this year"
  Minnesota Public Radio,
  July 12, 2007

• Minnesota Pollution Control Agency News Release
  Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, August 14, 2007

• Short Articles about Nutrient Pollution in Gulf States
  (PDF, 2 pp, 493K)
  River Crossings, Volume 16, Number 4, July/August 2007

• Gulf of Mexico Sampling Results Available from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
  U.S. EPA, 2005/2006

• Also check out what's on the Office of Water's What's New page

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Events

• 16th Public Meeting of the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force
  February 28-29, 2008, Chicago, Illinois
  Presentations are now available

• 15th Public Meeting of the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force
  October 29–30, 2007, Cincinnati, Ohio
  Presentations are now available

• Public Meeting of the EPA SAB Hypoxia Panel (PDF, 3 pp, 24K)
  June 13–15, 2007, New Orleans, LA

• 14th Public Meeting of the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force
  June 12, 2007, New Orleans, LA
  Presentations are now available

• 13th Public Meeting of the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force
  January 11, 2007, Arlington, VA
  Presentations are now available

• Public Meeting of the EPA SAB Hypoxia Panel (PDF, 12 pp, 87K)
  December 6–8, 2006, Washington, DC

• Sources, Transport, and Fate of Nutrients in the Mississippi and Atchafalaya River Basins
  November 7–9, 2006, Minneapolis, MN
  Presentations are now available.

• Nutrient Loading & Removal in the Lower Mississippi River Basin: Data, Trends & Opportunities
  June 1–2, 2006, New Orleans, LA
  Presentations are now available

• Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Assessing the State of the Science
  April 25–27, 2006, New Orleans, LA
  Presentations are now available

• 12th Public Meeting of the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force Meeting (PDF, 158 pp, 6.2MB)
  December 1, 2005, Memphis, TN
  Presentations are now available

• Mississippi River Nutrients Science Workshop
  October 4–6, 2005, St. Louis, MO

• Gulf Hypoxia and Local Water Quality Concerns Workshop
  September 26–28, 2005, Ames, IA
  Presentations are now available (PDF, 205 pp, 2MB)