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Monday, 06 May 2013 00:00 |
Contact: Jenifer Dimas – Colorado State University News – May 2, 2013
The Colorado Natural Heritage Program, a research unit in Colorado State University’s Warner College of Natural Resources, has just released the “Field Guide to Colorado’s Wetland Plants: Identification, Ecology and Conservation.” Although only about 2 percent of Colorado is made up of wetlands, they support almost 90 percent of Colorado’s ecosystems and wildlife, making wetlands an overlooked but valuable natural resource. The field guide contains detailed descriptions, photos, and professional illustrations of more than 600 wetland plants as well as information regarding the wildlife species that are dependent on them. In addition to providing identification information, this guide contains information on wetland indicator status, classification, conservation status, rarity, and ecology, for a comprehensive field guide perfect for wetland ecologists, amateur botanists, or anyone who enjoys learning about Colorado’s plants and ecosystems. To read full press release, click here. To download the Plant Field Guide, click here. |
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Friday, 26 April 2013 00:00 |
By Steve Davies – ESWR.com – April 25, 2013
“W.Va. members of Congress promise action against EPA” is the headline in the West Virginia Record, whose article noted that 80 percent of the state’s congressional delegation had posted press releases criticizing the D.C. Circuit’s decision that said EPA had the authority to partially revoke a permit for the Spruce Mine. (Only Jay Rockefeller appears not to have weighed in.) Rep. Nick “Joe” Rahall said he would “soon be reintroducing the Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act, legislation the House approved last year to prevent the EPA from using the guise of clean water as a means to disrupt coal mining as they have now done with respect to the Spruce Mine in Logan County, West Virginia.” For full story, click here. |
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Monday, 22 April 2013 15:06 |
By Ron Seeley – LaCrosse Tribune – February 25, 2013Waste material from a 4 1/2-mile-long open-pit iron mine would cover up to 40 percent of a 3,300-acre site in northern Wisconsin that is now home to wetlands and trout streams, a mining company official said. How Gogebic Taconite, which wants to build the mine in the Penokee Range, handles that waste and how it plans to protect the area's water-rich ecosystem is at the heart of the debate over the controversial GOP bill that speeds up mine permitting and exempts the mining company from some environmental rules. For full story, click here.
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Monday, 29 April 2013 13:56 |
By James Bruggers – The Courier-Journal – April 19, 2013Kentucky’s top environmental regulator on Thursday said his agency was drafting a statewide plan to control pollution that causes algae blooms around the state and contributes to an oxygen-depleted “dead zone” as far away as the Gulf of Mexico. Called a “nutrient management plan” because it would target nitrogen and phosphorous, Energy and Environment Cabinet Secretary Len Peters said a draft could be made public in late spring or summer. For full story, click here.
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Monday, 22 April 2013 15:15 |
By Jim Harger – Michigan Live – April 21, 2013As the Grand River rolled unimpeded towards near-record flood heights last week, West Michigan residents were reminded that the tranquil waterway they’ve embraced as a backdrop for wedding photos, picnics and outdoor concerts also can be a ruthless threat to life and property. For full story, click here. |
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Monday, 22 April 2013 00:00 |
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Washington Post – April 17, 2013The work is taking place along several roads in Anne Arundel County, and in other roadsides, medians and wetlands in nine Maryland counties, to prevent problems with visibility, drainage and improve the effectiveness of wetlands. For full story, click here. |
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