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NEMWI to Co-host Briefing on Efforts to Control Asian Carp in Mississippi River Basin This Wednesday
NEMWI, in conjunction with the Mississippi Interstate Cooperative Resource Association (MICRA), will hold a Congressional briefing on actions to address the threat of Asian carp in the Upper Mississippi and Ohio River basins, on Wednesday, June 22 from 1 PM to 2 PM in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, room SD-562. Participants at the briefing will include:
- Aaron Woldt, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Asian Carp Coordinator
- Greg Conover, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and MICRA Coordinator
- Ron Brooks, Kentucky Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Resources and MICRA chairman
- Nick Frohnauer, Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources
- Thomas Crump, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Rip Shively, U.S. Geological Survey
- Mike Weimer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Co-Chair of the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee(ACRCC)
More information is available here. To RSVP, contact Jared Mott, Sr. Policy Analyst at the Northeast-Midwest Institute.
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The Hill This Week
This week, the H
ouse is expected to vote on the
Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2016 (H.R. 4768), which was passed by the House Judiciary Committee earlier this month. The bill could dramatically affect court review of environmental regulations across the country.
The Senate is expected to hold a vote on four gun control amendments to H.R. 2578, the Commerce, Justice, Science appropriations bill, which was
approved
by Committee last month.
Other regionally-relevant events this week are listed below.
Wednesday
- House Committee on Natural Resources oversight hearing on "Investigating the Appropriate Role of NEPA in the Permitting Process," 10:00 AM, 1324 Longworth House Office Building
- House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology hearing on "Ensuring Sound Science at EPA," 10:00 AM, 2318 Rayburn House Office Building
Thursday
- House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management hearing on "Big Data and Agriculture: Innovation in the Air," 10:00 AM, 1300 Longworth House Office Building
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June Edition of Great Lakes Hill Happenings Now Available
The June edition of the Great Lakes Washington Program's Hill Happenings is now available to view
here
. Included in this month's issue are updates on:
- The Vessel Incidental Discharge Act
- The Conference of Great Lakes Governors and Premiers Maritime Strategy
- The 2016 Water Resources and Development Act
- FY 2017 Appropriations Process
- Asian Carp Monitoring and Response Plan
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NEMWI: Strengthening the Region that Sustains the Nation
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