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Monday, 13 February 2012 19:13 |
Napa Valley Register – February 12, 2012Karen Taylor, wildlife biologist for California Department of Fish and Game, talks about how the Cargill salt ponds off Green Island Road were restored. To view video, click here.
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Monday, 13 February 2012 19:10 |
By Mary Wozniak – News-Press.com – February 12, 2012Drilling for oil and gas in state parks and other conservation lands would be on the table for the first time if companion bills proposed in the state House and Senate meet with the Legislature’s approval. That means areas such as the 70,000-acre Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park could eventually be home to oil wells as well as endangered orchids and other species such as the endangered Florida panther, and drilling in the 23,000 Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed could be allowed as well as hiking. For full story, click here.
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Monday, 30 January 2012 19:27 |
By Associated Press – The Washington Post – January 30, 2012Maryland’s plan for restoring the Chesapeake Bay is now available for public comment. The state presented the plan to the Environmental Protection Agency last month as part of a new federally led effort to restore the bay. The EPA asked all six states in the bay watershed to present their plans for complying with its so-called “pollution diet” for restoring the nation’s largest estuary. For full story, click here.
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Wednesday, 18 January 2012 00:00 |
By Yvonne Peters – Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Patch – January 17, 2012 The year was 1981, and plans to develop Lake Bluff’s Wimbledon Road subdivision included the destruction of a small ancient wetland between the then “Bath and Tennis Club” and the nearby railroad tracks. The threat to those wetlands sparked the ire of a number of Lake Bluff residents, including environmentalist Carolyn Goetz. She organized local residents into a successful campaign that eventually saved the beautiful little wetland and white pine plantation from extinction. For full story, click here.
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Monday, 13 February 2012 18:19 |
The New York Times – January 20, 2012
Exxon Mobil agrees to pay $1.6 million in penalties to the state of Montana for pollution caused by a pipeline break last summer that fouled dozens of miles of shoreline along the Yellowstone River. Of that amount, $300,000 is a cash fine and the rest is to go toward future environmental projects. Exxon says that more than 63,000 gallons of crude swept into the river. [The Associated Press] For full story, click here.
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Monday, 30 January 2012 18:48 |
By Alayna Smith – Central Michigan Life – January 29, 2012 Central Michigan University researchers have been given the opportunity to oversee important scientific work in the Great Lakes region — and all of their hard work has been caught on film for a new documentary. A University of Notre Dame film crew followed the researchers from CMU and other universities involved with the work, creating a documentary that emphasizes the importance of the wetlands. For full story, click here.
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Tuesday, 17 January 2012 00:00 |
By Orlando Montoya and Andrea Cervone – GPB News – January 16, 2012 The US Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded Georgia a $1 million grant aimed at preserving a 6,000 acre wetland on the Altamaha River. Officials believe the tract is critical for the river's health. Development, pollution and rising sea levels are threatening coastal wetlands. The grant would help stem the loss by protecting Boyles Island in Wayne County. Deborah Shepard of Altamaha Riverkeeper says, it's a large piece of land that helps support the economy. For full story, click here.
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