Interstate Compact Opinions Vary on Summer Tour From the Director: Unit Staff Travel to September Events; Promoting a National Water Research Initiative; State Funding Review Volunteers Help Improve Water Quality in Elm Creek Watershed Project Cooperation Highlights Water Quality Tour Water Quality Monitoring Workshop Targets Nebraska and Iowa Educators Bringing Groundwater to Life AWRA Call for Abstracts SNRS Debuts Seminar Series Water News Briefs Elm Creek Project Wraps-Up Valuing Prairie Wetlands Second Annual NOFEE Conference to Hastings Strategies for Coping with Pesticide Monitorin