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Coalition hosts educational festival celebrating wonders of water
The New Hampshire Union Leader, ManchesterManchester students took first and third place prizes, while a Keene student placed second last week in the finals of the New Hampshire Fourth Grade Water Science Fair. Last week the New Hampshire Drinking Water Coalition, along with the New Hampshire...Tags: Water Supply, Science and Technology, Water, Students, Environmental Issues
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Corps to create shallow water habitat north of Atchison
St. Joseph News-Press, Mo.Despite claims during the 2011 flood that chutes, or man-made side channels, were part of the reason for increased flood damage, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to go ahead with another project near Atchison, Kan. The corps' Kansas City...Tags: Science and Technology, Environmental Issues, Wildlife, Conservation
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Boaters hit snags after Hurricane Sandy changed South Jersey inlets
Capt. Frank Camarda has piloted his 80-foot party boat Miss Beach Haven to the tip of Holgate on the southern end of Long Beach Island for ages. Camarda knows his boat drafts 4.5 feet of water. He knows Little Egg Inlet is about 6.5 feet at low tide, and...Tags: Hatteras, Technology, Natural Disasters, Human Interest, Weather Warnings
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Phosphate mining damages environment, but also drives economy, study finds
Bradenton HeraldA new study predicts considerable damage to Central Florida's environment if four proposed phosphate mining projects win approval, but contends that mitigation would more than make up for long-term adverse effects. "Mitigation" refers to methods of...Tags: Water Supply, Natural Resources, Tampa, Wetlands, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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City moves forward on dredging referendum
Florida Keys KeynoterWith a unanimous Tuesday approval of the Key West City Commission, voters are one step closer to an Oct. 1 referendum on dredging to allow larger cruise ships at Key West. Commissioners authorized, in the first of two required public hearings, the...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Key West, Politics, Referenda, Florida Keys Vacations
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Corps rejects SunWest Park plan
The Tampa TribuneARIPEKA - Pasco County has revised and tweaked the permit application for its proposed SunWest Park. It has enlisted congressmen to lobby on the county's behalf. But none of those efforts was enough to convince the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to...Tags: Tampa, Wetlands, Lobbying, Politics
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Wings of Spring bird walks this weekend
The Telegraph, Alton, Ill.The 2013 Wings of Spring Festival continues with two guided bird walks this weekend. The first walk begins at 8 a.m. Saturday at Bellefontaine Cemetery, 4947 W. Florissant Ave., in St. Louis. Naturalist Lane Richter from the Audubon Center at Riverlands...Tags: Science and Technology, Students, Arts and Culture, Education, Architecture
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Officials see industries as possible drainage fix
The Natchez Democrat, Miss.Contributions from private industries could be the solution to fixing drainage issues in Concordia Parish, economic development and elected officials say. Concordia Parish Economic and Industrial Development District Executive Director Heather Malone...Tags: U.S. Army, U.S. Military
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Cleanup of barge not enough for Chattanooga tourism official
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.The cleanup of a run-down river barge across from Ross's Landing should be finished by week's end, but the city's top tourism official called for the developer to move ahead with his plans for a restaurant. "Anything less than a first-class restaurant...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Travel
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Aldermen get inventory list for city street repair
The Natchez Democrat, Miss.A motion from a Natchez alderman to pave what city officials deemed the worst street in the city prompted a somewhat bumpy discussion about street repairs at Tuesday's aldermen meeting. Ward 6 Alderman Dan Dillard made a motion to use $57,000 of the...Tags: Inventories, Science and Technology, Technology, Road Transportation, Transportation
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Lake Charlevoix Association fish shelters: If you build it, they will come
An angler Dan Mishler knows built a fish shelter in the waters of Lake Charlevoix in front of his house. Over the winter, said Mishler, who is the president of the Lake Charlevoix Association, the man was ice fishing over that shelter. In the early...
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PolyMet impact study is ready for review
Duluth News TribunePolyMet Mining Corp. said Monday that the revised environmental report for its proposed copper mine and processing center near Hoyt Lakes is complete and headed to state, federal and tribal agencies for review. The "draft, supplemental Environmental...Tags: Water Supply, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Mining, Metal and Mineral, Environmental Issues
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