The week in monitoring news (Sept. 21, 2012)

This week in environmental monitoring news:

• Drones are being used to track wildlife and storms, via the Press Republican.
• Nisqually Salmon Watcher program seeks volunteers, via the Tacoma News Tribune.
• Few oil pipeline spills detected by much-touted sensors, via Inside Climate News.
• Students monitor St. Joseph River nutrients, via the South Bend Tribune.
• Louisiana air monitoring finds toxic levels near storage facility after Hurricane Isaac, via the Times-Picayune.
• Canadian scientists protest federal cutbacks to environmental monitoring, via Saanich News.