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Estuarine Research, Volume II: Geology and Engineering contains the papers presented at the 1973 Second International Estuarine Research Conference, held by the Federation at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.This volume is organized into two parts encompassing 35 chapters.

Runoff series of the Yangtze River presents an intricate variation tendency under the reinforced influence of human activities. The Morlet Wavelet Transform method has been applied to analyze the annual runoff data from 1950 to 2011 at the Yangtze River Estuary. It can clearly reveal the multi-time scales structure, break point, change and distribution of periodic variation in the different time scales of the runoff series. The main conclusions are that: 1) Repeated periodic oscillations accompanied by an extremely large fluctuation are presented in the runoff series with an obvious difference between wet and dry years, and the major periods of the time series are about 3, 8, 16 and 23 years respectively. Among them, the presented maximum periodic oscillation is 23 years scale. 2) In the 23-year time scale, the wet periods are 1950–1958, 1969–1980 and 1992–2003, and the dry periods are 1959–1968, 1981–1991 and 2004–2011. 3) It can be predicted from the view of long time scales that the low annual runoff will likely occur in the near future.

Frank A. LoBiondo (R-NJ) and Rick Larsen (D-WA) note in a June 1 statement applauding the House's passage of H.R. 944 that the \"bipartisan legislation would also reduce federal spending while ensuring that money goes directly to NEP partner organizations.\"

The Senate Environment & Public Works Committee has unanimously approved a bill to reauthorize EPA's National Estuary Program (NEP), something agency officials have indicated is a priority, although it is uncertain whether the legislation will advance since a previous attempt to reauthorize the program never reached a Senate floor vote.

Under the program, the agency awards grants to states that develop management plans for improving water quality and protecting wildlife in estuarine areas, with coordination from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Interior and other federal agencies.