Publication Items

Boaters and Fishers Pay Taxes, Get Rewards [1]

Dept. of Interior/US Fish and Wildlife Service awards $12 million for construction of docks, boat slips, and other recreational boating facilities at 13 locations in 10 states.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Fish & Fisheries [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [6]
Northwest (OR WA) [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
California [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Several More States and Provinces Hit by Fatal Bat Disease [12]

Bat losses can have major impacts on ecosystems, as they routinely consume large quantities of insects and themselves provide food and nutrients for other plants and animals. There also are economic impacts as caves close to recreational use, in an effort to combat the spread of the disease.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [13]
Economy & Business [4]
Biodiversity [14]
Wildlife [15]
Region:
International [16]
Canada [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [5]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [18]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about Several More States and Provinces Hit by Fatal Bat Disease [12]
Mines in 21 States Outed for Habitual Safety Violations [19]

The 48 mines are also linked by the fact that most of their owners have been legally delaying action on the violations through appeals of the citations. The Mine Safety and Health Administration is faced with a backlog of approximately 16,000 appeals.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [20]
Natural Resources [21]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [6]
Northwest (OR WA) [7]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [22]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [23]
California [10]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [18]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about Mines in 21 States Outed for Habitual Safety Violations [19]
EPA Begins Restoring Toxics Inventory After Downgrading [24]

Sixteen chemicals may be added to the TRI, after nearly a decade of erosion under the Bush administration.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [25]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [26]
Government [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [28]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about EPA Begins Restoring Toxics Inventory After Downgrading [24]
Massey Mine Disaster Raises Openness Issues [29]

Several journalists have raised questions about why more was not known publicly about the safety defects that led to the deaths of 29 miners at Massey's Upper Big Branch Mine in April 2010.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [25]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [20]
Natural Resources [21]
People & Population [30]
Region:
National (U.S.) [28]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about Massey Mine Disaster Raises Openness Issues [29]
Local Officials, Residents, in Dark on Nearby Hazardous Rail Cargoes [31]

Sixty-two U.S. urban areas are threatened by hazardous rail cargoes, but federal agencies still refuse to let many firefighters, governments, and citizens know the rail routes used to transport cargoes that could kill tens or hundreds of thousands.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [25]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [26]
Disasters [20]
Transportation [32]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Supreme Court Tosses Overbroad Cruelty Video Law [33]

SEJ and other journalism groups had urged the court to strike down the sweeping law that could criminalize ordinary journalistic investigations meant to expose and end animal cruelty.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [25]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [34]
Region:
National (U.S.) [28]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about Supreme Court Tosses Overbroad Cruelty Video Law [33]
April 22 Earth Day Sparks Local Stories [35]

Here are several resources for localizing this 40th anniversary event.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Natural Resources [21]
People & Population [30]
Region:
National (U.S.) [28]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about April 22 Earth Day Sparks Local Stories [35]
New Mapping Tool for Stories on Marine Protected Areas [36]

NOAA's new tool makes it easy to identify and find basic information about the 1,637 US marine protected areas.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [37]
Government [27]
Technology [38]
Region:
National (U.S.) [28]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about New Mapping Tool for Stories on Marine Protected Areas [36]
NOAA Is Soliciting Public Comment on Aquaculture Policy [39]

Six public listening sessions in April and May will provide input for the agency's draft national policy on marine aquaculture products.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Fish & Fisheries [3]
Water & Oceans [37]
Government [27]
Policy [40]
Region:
National (U.S.) [28]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about NOAA Is Soliciting Public Comment on Aquaculture Policy [39]

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