State
Daily Journal
Sean Suggs has been named president of Toyota Mississippi, effective Jan. 1.
Look who’s the new leader of tourism on the Coast
Sun Herald
He built the brand and bumped up social media efforts for Meet Puerto Rico, and Milton Segarra was selected to do the same for the three Coast counties on Monday as the new executive director of Visit Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Oil Spill
Santa Rosa officials dim artificial lighting to help sea turtles
Santa Rosa Press Gazette
NAVARRE BEACH — Artificial lighting along the seashore from houses and businesses has been known to disorient female sea turtles looking to nest and hatchlings searching for the water.
NPS continues to remove asphalt chunks from Gulf Islands National Seashore
PNJ
Using handheld metal rakes to carefully sift through layers of sand, Joseph Eddy and Robert Askew removed tiny pieces of asphalt and gravel from Gulf Islands National Seashore on Monday morning.
National
Baylor Law grad with connections to ranching and Bush family to head EPA's Dallas office
Dallas Morning News
Anne Idsal, a key deputy to Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush, was named Monday as the new Region 6 administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency.
Precious Gems Bear Messages
From Earth’s Molten Heart
We may covet gemstones for their beauty, but their real value lies in what
they tell scientists about the extreme forces at work deep underground.
NY Times
Around 1920, Justo Daza, an experienced mine worker, and Fritz Klein, a mining engineer, were scrambling over the steep mountainside terraces of Chivor, a legendary emerald site in northeast Colombia. They were breaking rocks apart with long iron poles and explosives packed into drill holes. They were hunting for new emerald veins and not finding any.
Let’s move on, Mr. Klein said. This area is dead.
Press Releases
EPA Announces Appointment of Anne Idsal to Region 6 Administrator
12/11/2017
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt announced the appointment of Anne Idsal to become regional administrator for Region 6. Ms. Idsal joins the Agency having spent her career working for the Texas state government in helping shape environmental and land policy for the state.
Consider Adding Lime to Fertilizer for Winter Pond Management
MDWFP
Pond owners who want to improve their fishing should consider fertilizing their pond. However, before fertilizing a pond, the addition of agricultural lime is usually necessary. Winter is the best time to lime your pond. Lime changes the pond's water and soil chemistry allowing the fertilizer to work more effectively. The amount of lime a pond needs can be determined with water or soil tests.
UA researcher examines the prevalence of untreated sewage in rural Alabama
UA
After a rain this year, two University of Alabama students would load up a car and drive to the countryside to look for poop.
Of course, they use a more scientific name – fecal contamination – but remnants of human poop is what they set out to collect.
