Hypoxia Task Force News Today

Legislation that has bipartisan support in the Illinois General Assembly and from diverse groups was introduced this spring and awaits votes in each chamber.

The restoration of Northern Kentucky’s signature waterway offers economic recovery and hope for communities throughout its basin.

A new report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Hypoxia Task Force demonstrates that the work of farmers and ranchers to reduce nutrient losses in the Mississippi River watershed is

Illinois Department of Agriculture is implementing its fifth year of the Fall Covers for Spring Savings Program. Funding of eligible acreage is on a first come, first served basis. The deadline for applications is Jan. 15.

The latest Environmental Protection Agency’s Hypoxia Task Force report to Congress states farmers and ranchers are succeeding in reducing nitrogen runoff in the Mississippi River Watershed, but additional efforts are needed to reduce phosphorus loads.

The Fertilizer Institute celebrated the good news in the recently released Hypoxia Task Force's report to Cong...

The size is smaller than predicted at the beginning of the summer, but is larger than the target goal set by the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Task Force.

Experts say the slight decrease is largely due to low water flow on the Mississippi River and fluctuating ocean temperatures, rather than ongoing efforts to reduce harmful runoff.

Today, NOAA-supported scientists announced that this year’s Gulf of Mexico “dead zone”— an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and marine life — is approximately 3,058 square miles. That’s almost two million acres of habitat potentially unavailable to fish and bottom species — nearly as large as the land area of Yellowstone National Park.

Low-oxygen section of the Gulf of Mexico is smaller than predicted this year