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Conservation congress kicks off with dire warning on biodiversity  -  Oct 6, 2008
Sydney Morning HeraldThe world must act quickly if it is to brake an unprecedented die off of the Earth's animal and plant life that could have dire consequences for humans as ...

World's primates moving toward extinction, conservation group says  -  Aug 5, 2008
CBC.caThe endangered yellow cheeked crested gibbon (Nomascus gabriellae) as seen from the Phnom Tamao wildlife sanctuary in Cambodia. ...

Bob Barker donates $5-million to Sea Shepherd for ocean conservation  -  Jan 5, 2010
National PostTV's Price is Right icon Bob Barker is out to save more animals. Forget zoo elephants, now Barker's showering his protective funds over marine life. Whales. ...

Report showing threats to birds spurs call for conservation  -  Mar 20, 2009
New York TimesBy ALLISON WINTER, Greenwire. Nearly a third of 800 US bird species are imperiled or in significant decline because of habitat loss, climate change, ...

White House Renews Call for Conservation  -  Oct 4, 2005
Washington PostBy Justin Blum. The Bush administration yesterday launched a campaign to urge Americans to conserve energy in homes and businesses as a way to combat high ...

Conservation Group Finds Polar Bears and Hippos at Risk  -  May 2, 2006
New York TimesGENEVA, May 1 (Reuters) — Polar bears and hippos have joined the ranks of species threatened with extinction from climate change, unregulated hunting and ...

Conservation union finds 16,300 species threatened  -  Sep 13, 2007
Reuters IndiaBy Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - From the lowland gorillas of Africa to corals of the Galapagos Islands, ...

Conservation bid targets world's 100 weirdest creatures  -  Jan 16, 2007
New ScientistScientists are calling on the public to help save the world's most unusual creatures, including the bumblebee bat, the golden-rumped elephant shrew and the ...

Broadening conservation  -  Nov 7, 2009
The HinduHeritage conservation practices improved worldwide after the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property ...

GOP plans cuts in food programs, conservation  -  Oct 5, 2005
msnbc.comWASHINGTON - Under orders to cut agriculture spending by $3 billion, Republicans in Congress have proposed reducing food programs for the poor by $574 ...

Conservation will trump access at the national parks  -  Jun 22, 2006
Christian Science MonitorSettling a long debate, the president puts nature's needs ahead of those of park visitors. Not many times over the past five years have environmentalists ...

Conservation: Humpback whales make a comeback  -  May 15, 2009
The GuardianThe humpback whale has moved from vulnerable to least concern, according to the IUCN Red List, meaning it is at low risk of extinction. ...

Newly Discovered Congo Gorillas Brighten Conservation Picture  -  Aug 5, 2008
Environment News ServiceEDINBURGH, Scotland, August 5, 2008 (ENS) - Unknown to the outside world, more than 125000 endangered western lowland gorillas have sheltered in the remote ...

PHOTO: AFP/SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY  -  Jan 7, 2010
Taipei Times - Taipei TimesAnti-whaling activists accused Japanese whalers of ramming and sinking a high-tech protest boat in the frigid Southern Ocean yesterday, as tensions mounted ...

Wal-Mart Donates $35 Million for Conservation and Will Be Partner...  -  Apr 13, 2005
New York TimesBy STEPHANIE STROM. Barely a week after environmentalists forged a broad alliance with organized labor and community groups to attack Wal-Mart and its ...

Bush Promotes Conservation at Chesapeake Bay Retreat  -  Oct 21, 2007
FOXNewsST. MICHAEL'S, Md. — President Bush spent a crisp fall Saturday gingerly balancing a tiny screech owl on a gloved hand at a wildlife refuge and casting for ...

American scientists aid in conservation of King Tut's tomb - …  -  Nov 10, 2009
Washington PostUS scientists will help restore King Tut's tomb, which has spots on its walls. (Ben Curtis/associated Press). -- American scientists have been asked to ...

Report: Conservation efforts offset land lost to sprawl  -  Nov 30, 2006
USA TODAY - USA TodayBy Patrick O'Driscoll, USA TODAY. DENVER — Growing efforts to save privately owned farms, ranches and forests from industrial and residential development ...

World Bank leads tiger conservation plan  -  Jun 10, 2008
Sydney Morning HeraldThe World Bank has launched a joint project with conservation groups and Hollywood to help reverse the dramatic decline of wild tigers in Asia, ...

Conservation Red List jumps again  -  Sep 12, 2007
Globe and MailWASHINGTON — Reuters Published on Wednesday, Sep. 12, 2007 10:08AM EDT Last updated on Friday, Apr. 03, 2009 10:49AM EDT ...

Critics say energy conservation campaign is useless, bound to fail.  -  Oct 11, 2005
Free with registration - Chicago Tribune - AccessMyLibrary.comWASHINGTON _ As the central character in President Bush's new energy conservation program, the Energy Hog is no gentle, sweet little Smokey Bear. ...

Obama signs landmark US conservation bill  -  Mar 30, 2009
Reuters UKWASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) - US President Barack Obama signed sweeping land and water conservation rules into law on Monday, setting aside millions of ...

Mingma Norbu Sherpa; Pioneer In Conservation in the Himalayas  -  Sep 29, 2006
Washington PostBy Matt Schudel. Mingma Norbu Sherpa, 50, who grew up in the Himalayas near Mount Everest and became a leading voice for conservation in Nepal and Bhutan as ...

Junk Science: Conservation Nation?  -  Jul 17, 2008
FOXNewsBy Steven Milloy. President Bush almost got it right this week when he declined to call on Americans to conserve energy. Sadly, he still seems to think that ...

National Energy Conservation Day Function-2007  -  Dec 14, 2007
Moneycontrol.comMinistry of Power organized the annual energy conservation awards function on the occasion of National Energy Conservation Day, the 14th December 2007 at ...

Disney Co. spending $7M on conservation projects  -  Nov 4, 2009
The GuardianAP foreign, Wednesday November 4 2009. Associated Press Writer= WASHINGTON (AP) � Seeking to help fight climate change, the Walt Disney Co. says it will ...

Report: Conservation easements good investment  -  Feb 1, 2010
BusinessWeekBy JUDITH KOHLER. Coloradans reap roughly $6 in benefits for every $1 invested in efforts to keep agricultural land and other open spaces from being ...

Dolphin rescues stranded whales: conservation official  -  Mar 12, 2008
Sydney Morning HeraldA dolphin guided two stranded whales to safety after human attempts to keep the animals off a New Zealand beach failed, a conservation official said ...

Conservative conservation  -  Sep 28, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Los Angeles Times - ProQuest ArchiverVice President Dick Cheney once memorably derided conservation as "a sign of personal virtue" but not "a sufficient basis for a sound, comprehensive energy ...

The Art of Conservation Sees Light at the Getty  -  Mar 29, 2006
New York TimesBy LAURA NOVAK. Malibu, Calif. — A decade ago, when the members of the J. Paul Getty Trust set out to redesign the Getty Villa, a replica of a first-century ...

Dozens of European mammal species face extinction, says conservation ...  -  May 22, 2007
Daily MailGlobal conservation efforts will next come under the spotlight at a two-week meeting starting June 3 in The Hague, Netherlands, at which the 171 signatories ...

… Climate Bill's Farming, Wildlife Provisions Disappoint Conservation...  -  Oct 26, 2009
New York TimesDespite pressure from conservation and agriculture groups, ... A coalition of nearly 600 conservation, outdoor and recreation groups had called on the ...

$15 Million in Tusks Sold in Name of Conservation  -  Nov 7, 2008
National GeographicAP. The world's first legal ivory auctions in nearly a decade ended Thursday with four African nations selling more than a hundred tons of tusks to Chinese ...

Park Service to Emphasize Conservation in New Rules  -  Aug 31, 2006
New York TimesBy FELICITY BARRINGER. WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 — Ending a yearlong debate over its management and guiding philosophy, the National Park Service is about to ...

Perdue backs water conservation legislation, study of building new …  -  Feb 3, 2010
Atlanta Journal ConstitutionBy Jeremy Redmon. Gov. Sonny Perdue announced Wednesday that he is backing legislation packed with water conservation measures as the Atlanta region faces ...

White House sponsors conservation conference - Environment- msnbc. …  -  Aug 29, 2005
msnbc.comDec. 19: President Obama says that the climate agreement reached in Copenhagen is a 'breakthrough' that 'lays the foundation for international action in the ...

Battle for tiger tops global conservation for 2010  -  Jan 4, 2010
SifyThe battle to save the tiger from extinction is set to be scaled up this year after the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) placed the Asian big cat at the top ...

State dodges power problems, thanks to conservation  -  Aug 31, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle...(08-30) 17:10 PDT SACRAMENTO - Conservation by California residents and businesses allowed the state's electricity grid managers to avoid cutting off power ...

'Plague' of plastic windows blighting conservation areas  -  Jun 23, 2009
Telegraph.co.ukConservation areas across England are being blighted by a "plague" of plastic windows, according to English Heritage. By Stephen Adams, Arts Correspondent ...

Govt refuses World Bank help for tiger conservation  -  Jan 8, 2010
Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: The environment ministry has again said that it would not seek loans and financial support from World Bank to protect the tiger. ...

Conservation 'halts cross-species plagues'  -  Feb 21, 2008
Times OnlineWildlife-rich “biodiversity hotspots� in the developing world must be better protected to stop the rise of new infectious diseases that could have a deadly ...

New Zealand Conservation Worker Feared Killed by Volcano  -  Mar 21, 2006
FOXNewsWELLINGTON, New Zealand — A young conservation worker who was checking a volcano's crater lake when it unexpectedly burst to life, spewing mounds of ash and ...

… of Political Ecosystem, Property Rights Advocate Embraces Conservat...  -  Dec 27, 2005
New York TimesAnd they fear that, in the name of cooperative conservation, ... It also sets up a "conservation bank," allowing landowners to put aside credits for setting ...

Conservation Group, Unions Joining Forces  -  Jan 16, 2007
Washington PostBy Blaine Harden. SEATTLE -- In a first-of-its-kind alliance that could fundamentally reshape the environmental movement, 20 labor unions with nearly 5 ...

ASI extends aid for conservation  -  Jan 7, 2010
Times of IndiaMYSORE: Funds will not be hard to come by for the conservation of the monuments in Karnataka. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is extending ...

3 Conservation Groups Sue Interior Department for Not Acting on Polar...  -  Mar 10, 2008
FOXNewsANCHORAGE, Alaska — Three conservation groups are suing the Department of the Interior for failing to meet a deadline on a decision to list polar bears as ...

Papua New Guinea creates first conservation area  -  Mar 3, 2009
Reuters IndiaSINGAPORE (Reuters) - Papua New Guinea has created its first conservation area to save an area of pristine rainforest larger than Singapore and to protect ...

… : CHOPPER TRAGEDY CALLED BLOW TO NATURE CONSERVATION.  -  Sep 26, 2006
$4.95 - Inter Press Service - ECNext...by Suman Pradhan. KATHMANDU, Sep. 26, 2006 (IPS/GIN) -- Nepal's conservationist community was decimated in a tragic helicopter accident over the weekend, ...

Conservation groups want $404M for frogs  -  Sep 19, 2005
USA TODAY - USA TodayBy John Heilprin, AP. WASHINGTON — International conservation groups proposed a $404 million effort Monday to preserve frogs and other amphibians whose ...

Southern Company Extends Support of Major Conservation Programs  -  Jan 13, 2010
MarketWatchATLANTA, Jan 13, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Southern Company today announced that it is pledging an additional $1.08 million to the Five Star ...

Telegraph launches conservation survey  -  Aug 28, 2007
Telegraph.co.ukBy Paul Eccleston. They include some of our most iconic birds, animals and marine creatures from the humble house sparrow and starling to the more exotic ...

Rocky Mountain conservation deal tops $500 million  -  Jun 30, 2008
USA TODAY - USA TodayHELENA, Mont. (AP) — Some of the most prized land in the northern Rocky Mountains is being protected from development in a conservation land deal hailed as ...

Conservation group: Bluefin tuna at risk  -  Jul 5, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Chicago Tribune - ProQuest ArchiverBluefin tuna risk being fished to extinction in the Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea, a conservation group warned Wednesday, appealing for an ...

Australia declares Coral Sea conservation zone  -  May 19, 2009
��英文新� - ��英文新�AP. The government on Tuesday announced a new conservation zone off Australia's northeast coast but rejected environmentalists' demands for a fishing ban in ...

Tsunami devastates turtle conservation  -  Feb 24, 2005
BBC NewsBy Subir Bhaumik. December's tsunami devastated efforts to save Indian Ocean turtles, with scores of conservation field staff killed or missing. ...

CPAWS-Conservation Groups Issue Warning at Vancouver Mining Trade …  -  Jan 18, 2010
msnbc.comOTTAWA, ONTARIO - At the annual Mineral Exploration Roundup tradeshow this week in Vancouver, conservation groups expect the Yukon's Chamber of Mines and ...

Pratibha calls for energy conservation  -  Dec 15, 2007
HinduPROUD WINNER: President Pratibha Patil presents a prize to a winner in the national painting competition on energy conservation, in New Delhi on Friday. ...

California gets largest conservation deal - Environment- msnbc.com  -  May 9, 2008
msnbc.comRic Francis / AP. LEBEC, Calif. - A group of environmentalists and the owners of a large stretch of wilderness have reached a deal that would set aside the ...

Navy Approves Hunley Conservation Plan  -  Sep 25, 2006
Washington PostBy BRUCE SMITH. AP. CHARLESTON, SC -- The US Navy has approved plans to conserve the hand-cranked Confederate submarine HL Hunley by soaking the sub in high ...

Yellowstone Bison Conservation Program in Limbo  -  Dec 23, 2009
ABC NewsBy MATTHEW BROWN AP Writer. AP. An effort to divert some Yellowstone National Park bison from government-sponsored slaughter is in limbo after the program's ...

Minister to chair tiger conservation authority  -  Dec 20, 2005
The HinduNEW DELHI: The National Tiger Conservation Authority, to be set up for protecting the endangered big cats, will be a 13-member body headed by the Union ...

Canada: Huge Conservation Area Set for North  -  Nov 21, 2007
New York TimesBy IAN AUSTEN. The government plans to convert 25.5 million acres of northern woodland into a new national park and wildlife protection area that will be ...

Conservation: Schools to prove their class  -  Jan 31, 2010
Times of IndiaCHANDIGARH: Taking the lesson of conservation to the area of practicality, the city is going to offer more than just academic points to students who work ...

Wildlife conservation: Congress diary  -  Oct 15, 2008
BBC NewsMore than 8000 conservationists and policy makers are in Barcelona, Spain, for the IUCN World Conservation Congress. Held once every four years, ...

Energy conservation not viewed as top priority  -  Jul 31, 2006
CTV.caTORONTO — As temperatures soar across the country, Canadians are being reminded to dim the lights, turn down the air conditioning and join provincial ...

No conservation of monuments without experts' nod  -  Oct 2, 2009
Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: In order to streamline the process of heritage conservation in the country, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has put into practice a new ...

Closemouthed on the conservation wave  -  Oct 25, 2005
Christian Science MonitorBy Patrick Chisholm csmonitor.com / October 25, 2005. For years, politicians and environmental groups have been pushing for new laws to encourage ...

Ontarians urged to embrace energy conservation  -  Nov 7, 2007
Toronto StarAll provincial residents must embrace conservation if Ontario is to have stable access to power in the future, the province's chief energy conservation ...

Water conservation – the why and how for homeowners  -  Jan 14, 2010
Christian Science MonitorIn renovating a home, why should homeowners conserve water and how do they go about it? The spillway on the pond is located at the end of the dirt road. ...

US Won't Release Land in Conservation Program  -  Jul 30, 2008
New York TimesBy ANDREW MARTIN. WASHINGTON — Amid improving harvest expectations for this year, the United States agriculture secretary, Ed Schafer, said Tuesday that he ...

NY energy plan pushes conservation, solar and wind  -  Dec 15, 2009
BusinessWeekBy MICHAEL VIRTANEN. A new state energy plan released Tuesday calls for more conservation, more use of renewable sources such as solar and wind power, ...

Parks protection: New draft focuses on conservation  -  Jun 20, 2006
Deseret NewsBy Joe Bauman. Conservationists say they are delighted with a switch in National Park Service management proposals — a change that could play a role in the ...

Utilities push conservation to meet demand  -  Jun 9, 2005
msnbc.comNEW YORK - James and Jeanne Wallace are just two of the 13 million people served by Southern California Edison, and compared with any nearby factory or ...

Rolling Stones rocker donates conservation easement  -  Mar 19, 2007
USA TODAY - USA TodayATLANTA (AP) — Rolling Stones keyboardist Chuck Leavell has donated nearly 300 acres of his middle Georgia hunting preserve to the state as a conservation ...

13 countries agree plan to save wild tigers  -  Jan 29, 2010
Forbes..."This is excellent news for tiger conservation," said Michael Baltzer, who heads the WWF Tiger Initiative and attended the meeting. ...

Marine conservation zones in Australia | Tom Arup  -  Aug 25, 2009
Sydney Morning HeraldBIG gas and oil projects off north-west Australia are undermining a Government commitment to create marine conservation zones in the region, green groups ...

Critics blast McGuinty's conservation efforts  -  Nov 3, 2006
CTV.caTORONTO — A plan to expand several energy conservation projects provincewide, including one to get fridges dating back to the `60s and `70s out of homes, ...

McCain calls for energy conservation  -  Jun 17, 2008
Minneapolis Star-Tribune - Minneapolis Star TribuneThe Mayo Clinic in Phoenix has turned back the chronological clock 20 years with McCain with a mystery snake oil. But, their work on his … read more brain ...

Bush calls for energy conservation as scope of damage from Rita widens  -  Sep 27, 2005
Seattle TimesBy Seattle Times news services. WASHINGTON — President Bush yesterday urged Americans to cut back on car trips amid warnings that the energy disruption from ...

Shrinking religious orders take up land conservation  -  Jan 2, 2010
Washington PostBy Bridget MacDonald. Looking over the wooded parcel her Catholic order sold in 1992, Sister Chris Loughlin stood with arms folded, the regret on her face ...

Nearly one-third of primates in danger of extinction, conservationists...  -  Oct 26, 2007
CBC.ca...—Russell Mittermeier, Conservation International. The report by Conservation International and the International Primatological Society in Hainan, China, ...

Fla. PSC sets stronger energy conservation goals  -  Dec 1, 2009
NewsdayTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Public Service Commission set 10-year energy conservation goals Tuesday that are significantly stronger than Florida's major ...

Manmohan asks CMs to personnally monitor tiger conservation  -  Feb 22, 2008
HinduNew Delhi (PTI): Concerned over the declining tiger population in the country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday asked all chief ministers of the ...

Hunting 'has conservation role'  -  Oct 27, 2006
BBC NewsBy Elli Leadbeater. Rifle-toting tourists hunting exotic animals could actually help protect Africa's vulnerable species, a leading conservationist has ...

… Narain , Director, CSE & Chairperson, Tiger Conservation Task...  -  May 3, 2005
Times of IndiaThis shows the complete breakdown of the conservation management machinery. ... We must also study how conservation management knowhow can be passed from ...

BASS Conservation 2007  -  Apr 17, 2009
ESPNSeigo Saito Belonging to the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society is one of the best ways for a bass angler to make a difference for our fisheries and our sport. ...

Pushing for conservation, shark attack victims turn the other cheek  -  Jul 20, 2009
Christian Science MonitorNine shark bite victims pose in front of the US Capitol Wednesday. The group joined advocates in pushing for the Shark Conservation Act of 2009 (S. 850/HR ...

Carbon conservation in forests could preserve endangered species: …  -  Jun 5, 2009
Jakarta PostA report revealed that paying to conserve billions of tons of carbon stored in tropical forests could also protect orangutans, pygmy elephants and other ...

Textile Conservation experts face the sack in a material world  -  Apr 14, 2009
Times OnlineBagpuss, Freddie Mercury's fake leather trousers and Henry VIII's football boots would all be in a much worse state without a British group of conservation ...

Nokia India joins with WWF-India for Tiger Conservation  -  May 20, 2008
Moneycontrol.comNokia, the leading mobile communications company in India , today announced its partnership with WWF-India, one of the largest conservation organizations in ...

Corn prices slip after USDA opens conservation land to grazing - …  -  May 28, 2008
MarketWatchBy Laura Mandaro, MarketWatch. SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Corn futures fell Wednesday after the US Department of Agriculture said it would open up 24 ...

… Alligator Harvest an Effective Conservation Tool, Louisiana Says  -  Jan 24, 2010
National GeographicBiologists spent several years studying the life cycles of alligators, which led to a management and harvesting plan that eventually became the Marsh to ...

Neenah Paper Announces Partnership to Help Reforest Conservation …  -  Oct 20, 2009
Wall Street JournalThe conservation property, an extensive 1500 acres in the southeastern portion of the ... "Neenah Paper has a long history of contributing to conservation ...

Green Inc. Column A New Focus on Ocean Conservation  -  Aug 16, 2009
New York TimesBy KATE GALBRAITH. NEW YORK — Over the past weekend, President Barack Obama took a break from the heat — literal and political — to take his family on a ...

State planning energy conservation law: Kore  -  Jul 5, 2009
Times of IndiaPUNE: Minister for non-conventional energy sources Vinay Kore on Saturday said that the government is seriously thinking of drafting a law for energy ...

The hunter and conservation  -  Sep 18, 2008
ESPNCourtesy of the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) Hunters and outdoor enthusiasts have historically led the fight for conservation and wildlife ...

New 3D software to count tigers for conservation  -  Mar 13, 2009
Times of IndiaWASHINGTON: A new software developed with help from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) will allow researchers to rapidly identify individual tigers by ...

Nature 2.0: Redefining conservation  -  Jul 7, 2008
New ScientistFOR nearly a decade the forests of British Columbia in the far west of Canada have been ravaged by an infestation of mountain pine beetles. ...

“Centre not serious about groundwater conservationâ€?  -  Sep 11, 2007
HinduNEW DELHI: Even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is slated to inaugurate the National Ground Water Conference organised by the Ministry of Water Resources ...

Southern water providers raise rates despite conservation  -  May 26, 2008
USA TODAY - USA TodayBy Greg Bluestein, AP Writer. COLLEGE PARK, Ga. — After months of putting up with brown lawns and dirty cars to conserve water, many residents of the ...

National Briefing | South Florida: Reptile Species Ban Considered  -  05 Aug 2009
New York TimesJulie Jones, director of law enforcement for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission discussed that option with Gov.

Appeals Court Reinstates US Roadless Area Conservation Rule  -  05 Aug 2009
Environment News ServiceKnown as the State Petitions Rule, its purpose was to overturn the Roadless Area Conservation Rule of 2001 promulgated by the US Forest Service just eight

Subdivisions designed for conservation get a boost  -  05 Aug 2009
Chicago TribuneOne year after moving into a conservation subdivision between Monee and Manhattan, Will County Board member John

Voluntary water conservation starts after city well problems  -  05 Aug 2009
Diboll Free Press...mcduffie said that a shaft in well number four has gone out and the new conservation efforts need to continue until it is fixed. The city will shut down the

FWC Officer's Shooting Reflects Dangers of Conservation Law ...  -  05 Aug 2009
Wakulla.comIf you ask law enforcement officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) about their job, in the mix of describing what they do,

County appoints three to water conservation board  -  05 Aug 2009
Denton Record Chronicle...“And water conservation districts can help. They are a tool for the public to make sure they have water for years to come.� The conversation district is

Idaho water conservation projects get USDA money  -  05 Aug 2009
Ag WeeklyBOISE, Idaho (AP) - Four water conservation projects in Idaho will share $6.9 million in US Department of Agriculture funding. The USDA's Natural Resources

UK conservation agency launches plastic beehive  -  05 Aug 2009
AFP...in and out of the postbox-like slot in the grey and yellow 'beehaus' on the roof of state-backed conservation agency Natural England's London offices.

Williamson Act under watch following cut ; Counties must carry ...  -  05 Aug 2009
Redwood TimesLocal governments and landowners remain bound by contracts in a state conservation program -- even though the governor has gutted its funding.

Locals honored for resource conservation  -  05 Aug 2009
Bethany Beach WaveONLEY -- On Saturday, July 25, at Edward's Seafood, the Eastern Shore Soil and Water Conservation District honored local students, teachers,

Conservation District bulb sale on tap  -  05 Aug 2009
Beacon VillagerThe Middlesex Conservation District will be holding its annual Fall Bulb and Perennal Sale on Friday Sept. 25 from 3 to 6 pm and Saturday Sept.

Los Angeles Conservation Corps, City of Long Beach, City of ...  -  05 Aug 2009
U.S. EPA.gov (press release)...(08/05/09) (SAN FRANCISCO) EPA has selected the Los Angeles Conservation Corps, the City of Long Beach's Pacific Gateway Workforce Investment Network,

Govt support sought for conservation of monuments  -  05 Aug 2009
Times of India...community participation is essential both for conservation of the monuments and also creating an awareness at the popular level of synergic tradition.

Go Green with the Art of Conservation at Work  -  05 Aug 2009
Honolulu AdvertiserThis year's special awards include Rarest Find, People's Choice, and The Art of Conservation at Work. With these new categories, EMWP hopes to challenge

Sportsmen raise more than $540000 for conservation  -  05 Aug 2009
Kingman Daily MinerFunding from the raffle allows for a multitude of wildlife conservation projects. For 2009, more than 50 projects were approved.

Proceeds from Port bass derby support conservation programs  -  05 Aug 2009
Welland Tribune...at Bellwood Lake Conservation Area, Tim Hortons Children's Foundation projects and the Police Association of Ontario and the Family Fishing Day program.

Legislature approves conservation restrictions  -  05 Aug 2009
Nantucket IndependentNantucket's share of Muskeget Island is a signature away from becoming completely protected by a conservation

Conservation Online Finds a Savior  -  05 Aug 2009
ARTINFOThe Conservation Online database, a resource for conservation professionals, has been saved after its hosting university said it could no longer afford to

Water conservation encouraged through dry, hot spell  -  05 Aug 2009
Sonoran NewsCAVE CREEK – Mayor Vincent Francia announced the next council meeting will be held on Sept. 21.

Lakeshore Conservation Club to host fundraiser for veterans center ...  -  05 Aug 2009
The Lake Country EchoThe Lakeshore Conservation Club (LSCC) will host a fundraiser from 10 am to 3 pm Aug. 8 to raise money for the Brainerd Lakes Veterans Center (BLVC).

Huron Conservation District selected to Conservation Partnership ...  -  05 Aug 2009
The Bay City Times - MLive.com...by The Bay City Times The Huron Conservation District has been selected by the US Department of Agriculture to be in its Conservation Partnership Initiative

The Story of Sustainability  -  05 Aug 2009
ReutersAwarded the 2008 Grassroots Conservation Leadership Award from the Audubon-Chicago Region and the Chicago Wilderness Habitat Project, Paige has been

Gator capture leads to drug arrests in north Fla.  -  05 Aug 2009
MiamiHerald.comAccording to a report from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, wildlife officers received a tip that two gators were being held captive

Alberta opens door to wilderness conservation in oilsands region  -  05 Aug 2009
Metro Canada - CalgaryThe conservation plan is expected to be complete by the middle of next year. Environmentalists have long considered the area to be crucial boreal forest

Plant Conservation Initiative at Colorado State University Focuses ...  -  05 Aug 2009
Colorado State University (press release)The Colorado Rare Plant Conservation Initiative seeks to secure on-the-ground protection for all of Colorado's imperiled plant species during the course of

Energy conservation education project launched in Beijing  -  05 Aug 2009
XinhuaA girl looks at a guide book of the Energy Conservation Education for Primary and Middle School during a launch ceremony of a project of energy conservation

Do Oregon Timber Sales Pass or Fail Conservation Tests? (AUDIO)  -  05 Aug 2009
Salem-News.ComNow, the conservation group Oregon Wild has examined the same ten proposals and sent its own "report card" to Salazar. His agency has determined all ten

Yikes -- look what jumped in her boat  -  05 Aug 2009
Sun-Sentinel.comBoge called SeaTow and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission called her back with advice to keep the dolphin wet and to roll it onto its

Reclamation announces $5.6M in Challenge Grants for water ...  -  05 Aug 2009
Water WorldWASHINGTON, DC, Aug. 5, 2009 -- Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Connor announced today that the Bureau of Reclamation has awarded $4.6 million in

Conservationists celebrate the preservation of York's Highland Farm  -  05 Aug 2009
York WeeklyThis new initiative provides grants for the purchase of land and permanent conservation easements. The first success under this new initiative is the

The Hyenas are Laughing at the New Bronx Zoo Exhibit  -  05 Aug 2009
Zoo and Aquarium Visitor NewsBronx, NY - The Wildlife Conservation Society announced today that laughter may be heard from the Bronx Zoo's famous African Plains

Stop & Shop Brings Aquarium's Expert Along for Sustainable Seafood ...  -  05 Aug 2009
Reuters..."This initiative is an important tool for ocean conservation and we are proud of the steps Stop & Shop is undertaking," Lydia Bergen,

Wildlife find new homes in NW Ohio  -  05 Aug 2009
Fremont News MessengerOttawa Soil and Water Conservation District Wildlife Specialist Joe Uhinck helped design the wildlife habitat project.

Conservation group appeals SD power plant ruling  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Chicago TribuneSIOUX FALLS, SD - A conservation group has appealed a judge's dismissal of its lawsuit that alleges the coal-fired Big Stone

Democratic lawmakers introduce bills to deal with California water ...  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Los Angeles TimesThe legislation, which deals with issues including conservation, ecosystem restoration and water rights, aims to break the stalemate over state water policy

Officials to hold 2 meetings on conservation plan  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Atlanta Journal ConstitutionThe US Fish and Wildlife Service has scheduled a meeting on the Etowah Aquatic Habitat Conservation Plan for Tuesday night in Cartersville and another for

Conservation Stewardship Program meeting Friday in Hutchinson  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Hutchinson LeaderThe Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) is a voluntary conservation program that encourages producers to address resource concerns in a comprehensive

METRO EAST: JAKES Day teaches conservation  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
St. Louis Post-Dispatch15 at the Randolph State Conservation Area in Chester. "We want to give kids a hands on opportunity in learning about the outdoors and the restoration of

Conservation commission meets over pond payments  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Boston GlobeBy LE Crowley, Town correspondent The Norwell Conservation Commission will meet tonight to decide if condominium owners at Jacobs Pond Estates will continue

Walmart funds green-jobs training The Business Journal of Milwaukee  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Bizjournals.comThe Walmart Foundation has made a $550000 donation to fund a six-week Conservation Leadership Corps program that will get Milwaukee-area high-school

Yolo, Sutter counties share $2.15M for water conservation  -  ‎Jul 31, 2009‎
Bizjournals.comCalifornia agencies have been awarded $18 million of $58 million in fiscal year 2009 grants to help improve water conservation and water quality on farmland

Snake hunters scour Everglades for Burmese python  -  ‎Aug 1, 2009‎
Los Angeles TimesThe Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has licensed seven experts to track and destroy the intruders, who are upsetting the ecosystem's

Conservation doesn't save energy  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Examiner.comGoing Green is a cliché for recycling and conservation of resources in 1968, when president Johnson's wife started the ecological movement.

NM city launches conservation effort  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
NewsWest9.com...irrigation control units have been installed on all of Rio Rancho's parks and recreational facilities as part of a new water conservation initiative.

Environmentalists seek to intervene in lynx suit  -  ‎Aug 3, 2009‎
The Associated PressThe groups seeking to intervene are Defenders of Wildlife, Center for Biological Diversity, Conservation Northwest, Friends of the Wild Swan, Jackson Hole

Select the general contractor  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Austin American-StatesmanConservation is a good idea and should be aggressively pursued. Obviously, public awareness is an important component of any conservation effort,

NID asking for water conservation in Alta Sierra  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
The Union of Grass ValleyThe conservation call is related to the current Dog Bar Road/Alta Sierra Pipeline Project, which will supply more water and better pressure to parts of Alta

Jeju Bids to Host 2012 World Conservation Congress  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
조선일보(영문판)A signature drive is under way to attract the International Union for Conservation of Nature's World Conservation Congress to Jeju.

Georgia Power Offers Energy Conservation Tips to Ease Hot Summer ...  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
PR Newswire (press release) (press release)Visit Georgia Power's Web site at www.georgiapower.com where the energy-saving K9 unit will take on you an interactive, on-line energy conservation tour to

City in major conservation plan  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
The Citizen DailyThe Tanga City Council has prepared an ambitious Integrated Coastal Management Action Plan aimed at solving some of the major

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