• The Audubon Society of Rhode Island is offering a weeklong schedule of free guided walks at wildlife refuges acorss the state and nearby Massachusetts. More Information.

On April 15th, 2010 the House of Representatives approved the Clean Estuaries Act of 2010 (HR 4715), as amended, which reauthorizes the Environmental Protection Agency's National Estuary Program (NEP) through Fiscal Year 2016 and makes improvements to the program. The bill improves the program's transparency and accountability, promotes coordination among Federal and non-Federal entities, and increases the authorization level for NEP from $35 million to $50 million per year, which will provide funding necessary to include additional estuaries in the program.

The Water Quality Standards workgroup recently helped the Mississippi River Collaborative author and submit comments on US EPA's Draft 2009 Update Aquatic Life Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Ammonia-Freshwater. The comments include the scientific views of the Clean Water Network and the Mississippi River Collaborative. The commenting organizations and their organizational members have many members who are affected by ammonia pollution of the nation's waters.

National Geographic's recently released April 2010 issue "Water: Our Thirsty World" is a single-topic issue that focuses on the challenges facing our most vital resource: water. The articles focus on water related issues from pollution to scarcity to water infrastructure management while covering everything in between.  In addition to well researched and written stories on water, the issue also features impressive water pictures, maps of the world's water resources and informative graphics on water.